Before the Combat Allowance, Separation Pay and Specialty Pay (Jump Status, Avaiation, Health Pro, etc.) an E-5 with 6 years of service should make about $3,050 a month. Not a whole bunch to be on the sharp end. There are also a few annual allowances that bring his pay up to about $39,000.
Remember, the maximum anyone in the military can make is $14,000.10 a month. Contractors, as non-government emplyees are not subject to that max. >Last I heard civilian contractors in Iraq were making pretty good >money. Seems like security contractors were making $100 k or more a >year. What does an e-5 make now days? > >So how can anyone compare military to civilian pay? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235107 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
