Negative. Again, I stand to lose a sh!t load of $$$ by leaving my current job, and have the potential to earn well over 6 figures. I'm not in it for the money. Then again I have no wife, no kids, no family. Just to match my current salary I would have to be an O-8 with 4 years of service (base pay only). I keep reading about STAR and why you shouldn't do it UNTIL you've had a deployment under your belt. Just want to see at what point people are reenlisting and then wanting to get out afterwards. Why do guys take STAR even though they dont want to make a career out of the Navy.
When looking at military pay it is important to realise that base pay is often less than half of your total pay take for example 9 year E6 nuke on shore duty Hawaii
BASE PAY 2840.10
BAS 294.43
BAH 2412.00
SPEC DUTY PAY 300.00
COLA 578.00
total $6424 or 77088 a year
keep in mind that BAS BAH and COLA are tax exempt
These numbers will obviously look different depending on location and time in rate.
All personnel recive their BAS but everyone E6 and below will have it deducted from their check
Nuke pro-pay ranges from 150-475
You will only get BAH if you are and E5 or an E4 over four years service, or married.
COLA or cost of living allowance is only provided in localities that are expensive to live in aka Hawaii, Japan ect.