{"id":28486,"date":"2022-03-28T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/03\/28\/troops-would-see-a-46-pay-raise-next-year-under-white-houses-fiscal-2023-budget-plan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:15:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:15:03","slug":"troops-would-see-a-46-pay-raise-next-year-under-white-houses-fiscal-2023-budget-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/budget\/2022\/03\/28\/troops-would-see-a-46-pay-raise-next-year-under-white-houses-fiscal-2023-budget-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Troops would see a 4.6% pay raise next year under Biden\u2019s fiscal 2023 budget plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Service members would see their<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/2022\/01\/04\/next-years-debate-over-military-pay-could-mean-the-biggest-raise-for-troops-in-20-years\/\" target=\"_blank\"> largest pay raise in two decades<\/a> under the fiscal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/03\/27\/this-week-in-congress-white-houses-fy23-budget-plan-finally-arrives-on-capitol-hill\/\" target=\"_blank\">2023 federal budget plan<\/a> released by the White House Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The $733 billion spending proposal includes a 4.6% pay raise set to start next January as well as a new basic needs allowance to help military families living near or below the federal poverty line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the plan would also shrink active-duty military end strength by thousands of personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, President Joe Biden called the proposed budget plan \u201cone of the largest investments in our national security in history, with the funds needed to ensure that our military remains the best-prepared, best-trained, best-equipped military in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/01\/04\/next-years-debate-over-military-pay-could-mean-the-biggest-raise-for-troops-in-20-years\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5015594.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">New in 2022: A coming debate over military pay could lead to troops\u2019 biggest raise in 20 years<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The 2022 pay raise was 2.7 percent, but 2023 could be much higher.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers will spend the next several months debating and dissecting the White House spending outline, likely making numerous changes before a final compromise budget is reached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the plan represents a starting point for those debates, and likely the lowest-possible level for personnel items such as the pay raise. In recent years, Congress has either opted to go along with White House recommendations or increase those salaries, not trim back on troops\u2019 compensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last time the military pay raise was above 4.0% was in 2003 (when it was also 4.6%). In January, the raise was at 2.7%, and the figure has hovered around that mark for the past five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But soaring inflation rates over the last year led to a rise in civilian sector wages, which in turn led to an increase in the federal formula used to calculate the military pay raise. White House officials called the raise a \u201cmodest increase\u201d given the other financial pressures facing military families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For junior enlisted troops, a 4.6% raise would mean $1,300 more in pay next year, over 2022 levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For senior enlisted and junior officers, that hike equals about $2,500 more. An O-4 with 12 years service would see more than $4,500 extra next year under a 4.6% increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the raise is approved by Congress, the average military compensation for officers would rise to $127,100 after including other benefits like housing and food allowances. For enlisted personnel, the figure would grow to $70,200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite that, some junior service members will still remain below the federal poverty line, which sits around $27,000 for a family of four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress in recent years has grown concerned about the financial pressure faced on those most junior troops, and created a new basic needs allowance to help offset those problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2022\/03\/25\/pentagon-reconsidering-troop-levels-in-europe-amid-russias-invasion-of-ukraine\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7077648.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Pentagon reconsidering troop levels in Europe amid Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">More than 90,000 American troops are on the ground in Europe now.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Service leaders are expected to release more details of that program in coming weeks, but White House officials touted the addition in this year\u2019s budget as \u201ctaking care of service members\u201d and addressing \u201ceconomic insecurity\u201d in the ranks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even with a 4% increase in overall defense spending, the White House budget calls for an overall reduction in troop numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the White House plan, the Army would see its active-duty end strength drop by 12,000 soldiers from the levels approved by Congress earlier this month, to 473,000. 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