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2012 Involuntary Separation Pay

Most members involuntarily separated from active duty are eligible for separation pay. The figures shown here are the payments to people who have exactly the number of years of service listed; actual payments are based on both full and partial years of service. A dash in the chart indicates that none of the services reported any members with that combination of years and paygrade. Payment levels for 2012:

  Years of Service
Paygrade 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
O-5 45,382 52,945 61,897 69,634 81,191 89,310 100,790 109,189 122,658 131,420 149,052 158,367 172,420
O-4 40,882 47,696 57,675 64,884 77,022 84,724 97,032 105,117 116,938 125,291 136,092 144,597 154,697
O-3 37,958 44,284 53,150 59,794 68,494 75,343 86,240 93,427 103,078 110,441 117,804 125,166 132,529
O-2 32,469 37,881 43,292 48,704 54,115 59,527 64,938 70,350 75,761 81,173 86,584 91,996 97,407
O-3E 37,958 44,284 53,150 59,794 68,494 75,343 86,240 93,427 104,600 112,072 122,158 129,793 141,439
O-2E 32,469 37,881 44,672 50,256 58,748 64,623 73,194 79,293 87,736 94,003 100,270 106,537 112,804
O-1E 27,361 31,921 37,832 42,561 49,014 53,915 60,847 65,918 74,234 79,537 84,839 90,141 95,444
W-4 33,372 38,934 46,434 52,239 60,491 66,540 77,021 83,440 94,384 101,126 112,787 119,836 131,414
W-3 29,296 34,179 42,074 47,333 56,509 62,160 70,023 75,858 84,682 90,731 100,305 106,574 119,958
W-2 27,406 31,974 39,588 44,537 51,372 56,509 63,880 69,203 77,707 83,257 91,647 97,375 106,000
W-1 25,281 29,494 36,536 41,103 47,322 52,054 59,551 64,514 72,657 77,846 85,893 91,261 99,591
E-9 - - - - 56,506 62,156 69,345 75,123 83,160 89,100 98,076 104,205 113,782
E-8 - - 37,005 41,631 48,301 53,131 59,482 64,439 71,523 76,631 84,372 89,646 100,259
E-7 23,766 27,728 33,598 37,798 43,340 47,674 54,877 59,450 66,800 71,572 78,509 83,416 90,921
E-6 20,781 24,245 30,174 33,945 38,920 42,812 49,490 53,614 58,736 62,932 67,956 72,204 77,540
E-5 19,168 22,362 27,314 30,728 35,935 39,529 43,386 47,001 50,617 54,232 57,848 61,463 65,079
E-4 17,014 19,850 22,686 25,521 28,357 31,193 34,029 36,864 39,700 42,536 45,372 48,207 51,043
E-3 14,265 16,642 19,020 21,397 23,774 26,152 28,529 30,907 33,284 35,662 38,039 40,416 42,794