Civilian Pay to Equal Military Take Home Pay

Compare the civilian pay needed to match military take-home pay, accounting for tax-free allowances.

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Military Compensation

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Pay Comparison

Total Military Pay (Annual)$91,200
Military Taxable Income$60,000
Equivalent Civilian Pay$102,740
Annual Tax Savings (Military)$11,540
Effective Military Tax Rate17.8%

A civilian would need to earn $102,740 annually to match the net take-home pay of the military compensation package.

How it works›

Model and assumptions. Compares entered compensation, benefits and retirement assumptions over the modeled career period. Future raises, service length, tax treatment and benefit eligibility are assumptions; nonfinancial employment differences are outside the calculation.OpenStax: annuity formulas