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A Review of the Military Basic Pay Table Analysis in Support of the Fourteenth Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation / BETH J. ASCH, MICHAEL G. MATTOCK, JASON M. WARD, SAMUEL ABSHER, PATRICIA K. TONG, ANTON SHENK.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Asch, Beth J.
- Series:
- Research report (Rand Corporation) ; A2400-1.
- Report ; A2400-1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Armed Forces--Pay, allowances, etc.
- United States.
- Military Career Field Management.
- Military Compensation.
- United States Department of Defense.
- Wages and Compensation.
- Local Subjects:
- Military Career Field Management.
- Military Compensation.
- United States Department of Defense.
- Wages and Compensation.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 207 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2025
- Summary:
- Rapid increases in inflation since 2020, a strong labor market, together with military recruiting struggles and reported food insecurity among military members, have put a spotlight on military compensation and on the foundational element of the compensation system, military basic pay. The National Defense Authorization Act for 2023 mandated a study of military basic pay, as does the charter of the 14th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation, the White House-directed commission that studies military compensation. The Fourteenth Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation requested the RAND National Defense Research Institute to conduct such a study. In this report, the authors assess the basic pay tables of junior, midcareer, and senior enlisted personnel and commissioned officers; evaluate the Employment Cost Index (ECI) as a guide to the annual pay raise, as well as alternatives; compare military pay, measured by regular military compensation, with civilian earnings and evaluate the 70th percentile benchmark developed by the Ninth Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation in 2002; and assess pay for service members in critical specialties and whether and how basic pay could be used to address personnel needs in these specialties. The authors also review recent trends in the civilian labor market that might affect recruiting and retention outcomes and the adequacy of military basic pay; develop proposals for change, drawing from past studies and commissions that have assessed military compensation; present findings from discussions with subject-matter experts and a review of relevant academic literature; and analyze pay, personnel, and civilian labor market data.
- Contents:
- CHAPTER 1: Introduction
- CHAPTER 2: Comparison of Military and Civilian Pay and Assessment of the 70th Percentile Benchmark
- CHAPTER 3: Junior Enlisted Basic Pay
- CHAPTER 4: Midcareer and Senior Enlisted Basic Pay
- CHAPTER 5: Commissioned Officer Basic Pay
- CHAPTER 6: Setting the Annual Adjustment to Basic Pay
- CHAPTER 7: Adjusting Basic Pay for Critical Skills
- CHAPTER 8: Conclusions
- APPENDIX A: Trends in the Civilian Labor Market
- APPENDIX B: Supplementary Material for Chapter 2
- APPENDIX C: Supplementary Tables and Figures for Chapter 3
- APPENDIX D: Supplementary Tables and Figures for Chapter 4
- APPENDIX E: Supplementary Tables for Chapter 5
- APPENDIX F: Supplementary Figures for Chapter 6
- APPENDIX G: Supplementary Material for Chapter 7
- Notes:
- Title from PDF document (title page; viewed February 26, 2025)
- "Prepared for the Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation"
- "RAND NATIONAL SECURITY RESEARCH DIVISION"
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207)
- Description based on electronic resource
- ISBN:
- 197741432X
- 9781977414328
- OCLC:
- 1503949213
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