{"id":48885,"date":"2021-07-15T10:43:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T10:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/07\/15\/proposal-to-guarantee-minimum-wage-salaries-for-all-troops-fizzles\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:09:22","slug":"proposal-to-guarantee-minimum-wage-salaries-for-all-troops-fizzles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/pay-benefits\/mil-money\/2021\/07\/15\/proposal-to-guarantee-minimum-wage-salaries-for-all-troops-fizzles\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposal to guarantee minimum-wage salaries for all troops fizzles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/07\/14\/house-appropriators-advance-706-billion-defense-spending-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\">House appropriators<\/a> won\u2019t guarantee minimum wage salaries for all service members, but they are looking into the idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, during the House Appropriations Committee\u2019s mark-up of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/04\/09\/military-pay-and-readiness-wont-be-hurt-by-flat-defense-budget-plan-white-house-promises\/\" target=\"_blank\">fiscal 2022 defense budget bill<\/a>, Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Calif., proposed adding language to the measure that would ensure all troops receive a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pay-benefits\/mil-money\/2021\/06\/29\/house-panel-backs-27-percent-pay-raise-for-troops-in-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\">base pay<\/a> of at least $31,200 a year, roughly the equivalent of $15 an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s an insult to our military members and their families that they have to serve approximately three years and gain the rank of E4 before they\u2019re at or above what many states consider to be minimum wage,\u201d Garcia said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd that assumes they\u2019re working 40 hours a week, which we know most of our junior enlisted members are actually not. They\u2019re usually working anywhere from 50 to 60 hours a week.\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\/2021\/06\/29\/house-panel-backs-27-percent-pay-raise-for-troops-in-2022\/\" 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\">House panel backs 2.7 percent pay raise for troops in 2022<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The pay boost would be slightly lower than what troops saw this year but equal to federal formulas for civilian wage increases.<\/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\">Currently, the most junior enlisted troops earn about $20,000 in base pay. An E3 with less than three years experience brings home about $27,000 a year, still under that $15 an hour mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But those base pay totals don\u2019t factor in other military stipends such as housing allowances, specialty pays and subsistence (food) assistance. Depending on where troops are stationed, the housing and food payouts combined can effectively double younger troops\u2019 total military compensation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, Garcia said that many young military families face financial hardship for their initial years in the ranks. Past studies from the Government Accountability Office have indicated that more than 20,000 active-duty service members annually may qualify for food stamp assistance programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf the government is paying for these servicemembers to be on food stamps, we may as well be paying for them through the base pay or sustenance allowance on the front end,\u201d Garcia said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Appropriators included in their defense bill language to require Defense Department contractors to pay at least $15 per hour to employees, and a 2.7 percent pay raise for all troops and civilian department employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Garcia\u2019s proposal was withdrawn because of financial and jurisdictional conflicts regarding the idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2021\/07\/14\/house-appropriators-advance-706-billion-defense-spending-bill\/\" 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\/GettyImages-1209599195.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\">House appropriators advance $706 billion defense spending bill<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The House Appropriations Committee has approved a $706 billion defense spending bill for fiscal 2022 over the objections of panel Republicans.<\/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\">Instead, Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn. and chairwoman of the committee\u2019s defense panel, pledged to hold future hearings on the issue, and work with members of the House Armed Services Committee on possible pay changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m working together with you and with the authorizers here, because we don\u2019t want to do a tweak here and cause another problem there,\u201d she told Garcia during the hearing. \u201cThis needs to be a whole of the Department of Defense approach when we\u2019re dealing with this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI wanted to fulfill an expectation that when somebody raises their hand and says that they\u2019re going to serve in our military, they do so with pride and they do so with the dignity that befits them and their family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No timeline has been set for when those discussions or hearings may occur. 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