Military and Civilian Earnings: An Index Number Comparison

Abstract

There has been continuing interest in the question of how well paid soldiers are relative to their civilian counterparts. Historical comparisons are shown here for several components of military pay, including basic pay, subsistence and housing allowances, and tax advantages. The results of this study show that soldiers' pay has kept pace with inflation since 1981, but that higher ranking soldier are still underpaid relative to their counterparts who had the same rank, years of service, and marital status in 1972. Keywords: Retirement, Economics; Earnings; Benefits; Recruiting; Recruiting; Retention; Enlistments; Quadrennial Quadrennial Review of Military; Compensation (QRMC); Officer Personnel; Discount rates; Commissary; Housing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA181033

Entities

People

  • Charles Dale

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Budgets
  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Commerce
  • Economic Analysis
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Families (Human)
  • Family Size
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Training
  • Personnel Management
  • Recruiting
  • Social Sciences
  • United States

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