A Look At Cash Compensation for Active-Duty Military Personnel

Abstract

This report presents an overview of military compensation for active-duty officer and enlisted personnel in 1999. It provides information on the receipt and amount of each type of cash pay, highlighting the patterns by year of service, occupational area, and branch of service. It also quantifies the range of variation in military pay and includes data on private-sector pay variation for comparison. The report should be of interest to policymakers and to researchers concerned with military compensation The research was undertaken for the ninth Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation, whose purpose is to investigate the adequacy of the military compensation system and recommend improvements as needed. The Office of Special Projects and Research, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, sponsored the research. The research was conducted in the Forces and Resources Policy Center at RAND's National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the unified commands, and the defense agencies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 29, 2002
Accession Number
ADA408252

Entities

People

  • Beth J. Asch
  • Craig W. Martin
  • James R. Hosek

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Army Personnel
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Foreign Languages
  • Health Care
  • High Altitude
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Recruiting
  • Reserve Officer Training Corps
  • Training

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.