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Originally Posted by Darkballs
dude, i was a sergeant in Hawaii a few years ago and was only pulling in $24,000 annually. Those figures are for married guys with dependents living in one of the most expensive places in the u.s. too much? depends on how you look at it, but most of us aren't making near that much. $24,000 for some of the shit i had to go through (war) isn't all that much. but it was my call to sign the dotted line so no complaints.
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$24,000 is your taxable base pay. This doesn't include the free housing and food, or if you live off base, your tax free BAS and BAH. The 2nd engineering salary I provided is also for the Honolulu area average. Same location. Even if you look at places with lower paying BAH and BAS, there isn't a huge difference in the pay gap. Military members are paid more than they are worth IMO. No offense to anyone that is in the military or has served. I think a lot of jobs in the world are overpaid.