How Much Are The British Army Paid?
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- How Much Are The British Army Paid?
The British Army pays its soldiers an annual salary which increases with rank. Starting from just over £16,000 whilst in training and going all the way up to £200,000 a year. As a soldier rises through the ranks so do their responsibilities, knowledge and experience and they are paid extra for those additional attributes that they bring to the table.
In this video I go through all of the ranks of the British Army and reveal the starting annual salary of each one. I explain what incremental levels, trade supplement pay and x-factor are and how it makes up the annual salary of the British Army soldier.
I also talk about if I get paid enough for my job role and why I am still in the Army.
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Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
0:32 What makes up the British Army salary?
1:05 British Army Trade Supplement Pay Table
2:03 British Army X-Factor
2:32 How much does a British Army recruit earn?
3:43 How much does a British Army private earn?
3:58 What are pay increment levels?
4:50 How much does a British Army lance corporal earn?
5:28 Why do higher ranks get paid more?
5:54 If you add more value, you earn more money
6:14 How much does a British Army corporal earn?
6:31 How much does a British Army sergeant earn?
6:57 How much does a British Army staff sergeant earn?
7:24 How much does a British Army warrant officer class 2 earn?
7:55 How much does a British Army warrant officer class 1 earn?
8:24 Commissioned ranks pay intro
8:54 How much does a British Army officer cadet earn?
9:04 How much does a British Army 2nd lieutenant earn?
9:14 How much does a British Army lieutenant earn?
9:23 How much does a British Army captain earn?
9:55 How much does a British Army major earn?
10:16 How much does a British Army lieutenant colonel earn?
10:32 How much does a British Army colonel earn?
10:49 How much does a British Army brigadier earn?
11:03 How much does a British Army major general, lieutenant general and general earn?
11:25 Is it possible for a private to make it to the rank of general?
11:50 Why are people dissatisfied with their pay?
13:26 Do I think I am paid enough?
14:48 Final thoughts
14:59 Outro
Sources:
www.armedforces.co.uk/armypays...
www.forces.net/news/british-m...
www.gov.uk/government/publica...
www.data.gov.uk/dataset/3c16e...
www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/ou....
DISCLAIMER:
I am not a professional financial advisor and this video is not financial advice. Please do your own research before making any decisions with your money and seek professional financial advice if need be.
Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
0:32 What makes up the British Army salary?
1:05 British Army Trade Supplement Pay Table
2:03 British Army X-Factor
2:32 How much does a British Army recruit earn?
3:43 How much does a British Army private earn?
3:58 What are pay increment levels?
4:50 How much does a British Army lance corporal earn?
5:28 Why do higher ranks get paid more?
5:54 If you add more value, you earn more money
6:14 How much does a British Army corporal earn?
6:31 How much does a British Army sergeant earn?
6:57 How much does a British Army staff sergeant earn?
7:24 How much does a British Army warrant officer class 2 earn?
7:55 How much does a British Army warrant officer class 1 earn?
8:24 Commissioned ranks pay intro
8:54 How much does a British Army officer cadet earn?
9:04 How much does a British Army 2nd lieutenant earn?
9:14 How much does a British Army lieutenant earn?
9:23 How much does a British Army captain earn?
9:55 How much does a British Army major earn?
10:16 How much does a British Army lieutenant colonel earn?
10:32 How much does a British Army colonel earn?
10:49 How much does a British Army brigadier earn?
11:03 How much does a British Army major general, lieutenant general and general earn?
11:25 Is it possible for a private to make it to the rank of general?
11:50 Why are people dissatisfied with their pay?
13:26 Do I think I am paid enough?
14:48 Final thoughts
14:59 Outro
Hey man it's me again. Just subscribed. Your content keeps getting better. Bro you this advantage you have right now. There aren't any good uk army youtubers so keep improving your content. I love the fact you are using army to achieve financial freedom instead of them using you
Thank you, that means a lot.
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We are talking starting pay lowest pay nurses compared with nurses all these listed are SNCO’s or officers the lowest rank here is sergeant it can take years to reach this rank. Officers general these days need degrees often going through university as an officer cadet. They get money because they commit to years of service after university for those payments. What does the most senior doctor get in a hospital because when the military still had its own hospitals they most senior doctor would be a colonial or Brigadier. A hospital matron would be colonel also.
Some seriously good stuff coming from this channel. I'm loving the extra level of banter in this video, thanks for the content!
Thank you and you're welcome. I'm glad you noticed it, I look back at my earlier videos, not even a year old yet, and cringe at the lack of banter.
I'm an ex soldier and tbh, the wages ain't worth what we get put through. Great life in the forces, but not enough pay.
No one forced you to join did they?
@@TheShanampan not yet
@@TheShanampan not the point.
@@TheShanampan ur gone of point
@@TheShanampan no but you are forced not to leave 😂
This is jaw dropping, a first year police constable in my state of South Australia will earn almost $90,000 AUD per year (50k pounds). A SGT is well over $100,000 AUD. Commissioned officers over $140,000 (80k pounds). 8 weeks off a year and 12 days paid sick leave and a whole number of other leave types. Very informative, I am astounded. Move to Australia!!
Yeah but then you have to live in a tyrannical country plus Australians..
@@shanginadildo With a comment like that, I’d confidently say you have no clue what goes on.
@@ZD-jm9yc I'm confident that despite a young population in a developed nation with relatively good health care, the leaders decided to lockdown their willing subjects despite overwhelming evidence not to... Plus they wouldn't let one of the healthiest men on the planet enter for um health reasons.
That is pretty outstanding but the I guess on the downside it seems like a pretty hostile environment where even the grass is trying to kill you and added to that you have to put up with a bunch of useless, self-serving politicians who are just trying to squeeze you for all you're worth.
Oh hang on...
@@shanginadildo we’re all good here mate
Having worked at the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Defence Headquarters in the directorate concerned with engineering, I participated in the design of a remuneration structure.
After many years it was implemented.
The UK Army seems to have a good system.
We did interface with some senior UK officers who were very proficient in my opinion.
One of my concerns was the remuneration/reward of Reserve Force members.
A friend's son resigned from the SANDF as a Captain in the Special Forces and eventually joined the UK army, starting as a Private. He was not impressed by the UK Army and left after his four year contract as a Cpl.
Great advice, perspective and context in this video!
Cheers mate
A truly excellent video. Keep up the good work.
Thank you
As a Heterosexual male Soldier, who has seen Fraternization in action, it's not what you know it's who you blow can also improve your increment level.
🤣🤣 Has also been known to help with rank, not just increment level
@@thesavvysquaddie I know tell me about it. I did 11. 5 years in the regs infantry then transferred to RLC that's where it fell apart. I was never on the biff, never injured, never downgraded but never refused an order and did every shit job give. But I repeat but was Never Recommended for promotion and all I put it down to my face not fitting. I witnessed enough fraternization to write a short novel, because I couldn't pout my lips and flutter my eye lashes and suck dick, I wasn't getting no where. I witnessed that many promotions being given and not earned it used to frazzle my head, it was like a contrived popularity contest.
Sucking up gets you ahead in life
Disgusting
@@tankthepitbull520 I know the RLC regiment I was in absolutely stunk of corruption, I tried to put a service complaint in and was point blank refused.
Not sure how I got recommended this but it was illuminating and incredibly well put together, kudos to you. I made it as far as the RCB before choosing another path but was interesting to see where I could have ended up
Brilliant video mate. Keep up the great work. Good luck.
Thanks you
Another great video. Your content just gets better. Keep it up please.
Thank you, that's the plan haha
Thx 😊 🙏. Not in proportion to risk factors endured.
Great video and with the additional commentary.
IIRC when promoted to Sgt and above you lost your "trade pay" as you were seen to be managing the trade rather than doing the trade.
When I was in the TA...the "perm staff" would always say how much greener the grass was in civvi street....until we talked 😅
Top quality video and graphics mate , should play these in the careers office
Cheers mate
"After Captain comes MAJOR and this is a rank you USUALLY have to work for" 🤣😂🤣
I mean, it's not wrong 😂😂
Iver paid. Britian is being invaded and they sit around playing footsies with the enemy.
The work comes AFTER Major - I was an Infantry Major over 6 [Substantive Major] having served three years as a Sapper. I was interviewed and told I would be a Brigadier; heady stuff when you've not long hit 30 [I had accelerated promotion]. But, the bullshit that comes with the arse licking after Major just wasn't worth it for me. There is a huge grey squad of mediocrity which permeates the Armed Forces; don't be brilliant, don't rock the boat, don't speak out, support senior ranks, not the lower ranks and no matter how good you are, you will progress by just hanging in there. Those who are too good, or not good enough are weeded out by the system. Since I got out, I have seen Officers who couldn't read a bloody map let alone complete a decent appreciation, gain Staff Rank!~ Go figure.
@@Kysushanz Agree. I was Adit to one of the biggest brown-nosing CO's in the army - gave no f**ks about the regt, just appearances and career. The whole FOE was attention seeking with 2 star generals and upwards. In a fitting ending, a serious bullying complaint from a highly respected and seasoned reggie 2ic ended that CO's career aspirations. Must be a moral to this story somewhere.
@@Kysushanz Spot on. I too was 'an infantry major' and left as a substantive major, acting Lt Col, local Col at 36. Never told I'd be a brigadier, and actually never given a 'career interview' at all!
All the best officers I knew - literally 'all' - left at Lt Col, leaving a bunch of ar*e lickers to get promoted, in the image of those they were replacing.
Some good people, a few who were seriously good, some who were bad, some who were seriously bad, but a vast majority who were stunningly mediocre.
Excellent piece of work. I'm far too old to consider an army career now but if I was in a position to I'd find this very useful.
Thank you
I like the way you kept it moving and still found time to tuck in a few little digs about the reality - it didn't introduce any sort of sourness, it was just very pragmatic - I am sure you will go far!
When you diverted for a few seconds to the ISA suggestion, for for moment I thought "here we go" and awaited the plug for your sponsor. But came there none - and in a flash you were on to the next topic. Literally blink, and you miss it. However, it was BY FAR my favourite part of the video since, speaking from personal experience, I can vouch for a)how easy it is to put aside a surprisingly large amount each month which does not curtail one's lifestyle in any meaningful way - it simply makes you think a bit more carefully about not pissing your money up against a wall b) that you need neither know nor care ANYTHING AT ALL about investing because buying ISAs is like buying crisps at a newsagents and while they are not the most glamorous things, they are totally risk free and especially now interest rates are rapidly increasing, they will be guaranteed not just to keep your capital safe, but give you a return and those returns will themselves yield returns year on year. The CRUCIAL thing is just to do it and forget it. I'm not gonna do the compound interest calculations but £600 a month over 7 years could easily balloon to the £60k mark - and you would be amazed at how comparatively little less drinking you would have to do compared to your colleagues - or how little rationing you would have to do in terms of the designer gear purchased and maybe buying the GTD version rather than the GTI. Honestly I wish people could look at their lives with the perspective of age and see HOW LITTLE the crap we are all guilty of being seduced by, matters.
If you join at 18 and leave at 25 having been focused, got your two stripes and specialist training AND sixty bags of sand under your arm - the world is yr oyster...
very good information. thanks a sir. I love your efforts for us. stay blessed 🙌 😇 🙏 ☺️ 😊 ✨️
Thank you for the kind comment.
Brilliant video. Thanks.
Those who risk their life and health are not paid enough and are certainly not treated well once out of the service. As an aside, and not complaining, it was a different time, my first pay packet was 7 guineas. For all who serve, thank you.
dammm 7 pints of gunniess did that get u drunk?
@@bunyann90 he means 7 Guinea pigs
If they do their time the pension is tasty. If they bang their chit early it’s proportional to the commitment shown.
@@Hugh.G.Rection. really? u on the Guinness too?
Months in jungle chasing ct’s..health gone..kicked out after 15 years…no pension or even recognition! The army denies any responsibility….standard practice!
What an interesting vid and great presentation.
Thank you
As a young person with plans to join as an army regular this video was very informative, thanks mate
Get a trade in the Army that is transferable into civvie street.
@@AnonAnonAnon thanks for the suggestion, you are the eighth person to suggest this to me and I will once again decline the idea because I want to be a regular
@@thescotishclonetrooperecho7773 what are you babbling on about??
@@garagenigel some guy talked about how it would be throwing away my life and deleted his reply
Join the RAF, far better training ,and pay .,
Wow, great info, when I joined I was on £11 a week (1979) thought I was minted.
Joined the RAF as an Apprentice in 1953 - pay was 87p/week of wich 50p was saved and dealt out when you went on Leave - great times?
Hi, I left the British Army in 1971 after 13 years service in the rank of Colour Sergeant. I broke my 22 year contract and paid a £200 for the right to leave. I had made contributions towards my pension for most of my service. I have live outside of the UK since my discharge and therefore I have not received the usual updates to my pension. Take a guess what my yearly pension is? £3,250.00 !!!! Don’t ever believe any figures that they quote you. As the man said, upscale your skills, take every course you can get on, get the certifications in writing. Take civilian courses, the army will pay for them. I remember in my last year in the Far East my RSM was going home to retirement and we calculated his pension and basically he would have to give up his tobacco habit to be able to survive on his pension. Thats why so many blokes ended up going on to the “Circuit” to survive if they had no other skills except being a squaddie! Cheers mate. Harera
thank you for your service, the system did you dirty
im joining the army in 2 years and hopefully joining the mechanic (im joining british army)
@@leiregyp5814 Good choice, make sure that you carry on upgrading your mechanical knowledge with civilian certifications, diplomas and degrees. You will never stop learning and having to take examinations. Get use to it and prosper! Cheers mate. Harera
I am an old 22 year man, I left in 96. I now receive the full pension ( over 55 yrs old). It is £14, 400. Not bad. Of course you cannot live on it, but nobody ever expects to! You go out and get a job, pension is beer money till you actually retire. I was under AFPS 75 rules, but these are now changed. Under the old rules ( which probably still apply), you received your pension on discharge but it was not index linked until the age of 55. The military still has better pension deal than you would ever receive in Civvy street! State pension is at present £9,500. With State, Military and Company pensions I receive £38,000 of which the Military pension is the highest proportion. It is all about achieving the highest rank and then selling your skills as a Manager in CivDiv.
It's an old story tbf. You can go back in time to Roman legionaries and I bet youd find some centurion getting shorted on his pension or however many acres of land he's supposed to of been given.
@@davidalexander8649 Hi David, when I left Uni and got called up for NS, I checked to see what the pay was. The NS recruit got paid four shillings a day, twenty eight bob a week. That’s why I signed on as a regular. I volunteered for every course going and took night classes to up skill. As a Para I was always on the highest infantry pay. Only computer programmers got higher. Compare that to what I could get in equivalent rank in Canadian, Australian and NZ army was chalk and cheese. In NZ I got a discharge bonus and a choice of a farm or a loan for a house. At the time of discharge I was receiving the pay as CSM that was the equivalent of a Major over 3 and lower Mess bills. Only the Canadians had better pay. The Australians paid slightly better than the Kiwi’s but had the disadvantage of having to live in Australia with all those poisonous critters. I love fishing for trout, salmon, snapper and marlin in a country where there are no bears or snakes or crocks to worry about. I did turn into a settler farmer and farmed Red Deer, beef steers, sheep and Angora goats as well as having a good managerial jobs. So yes, we made the right choice as my Brit pension contributions that I get paid do cover my council tax every quarter. What you have to take into consideration is the damage done to my mind and body after twenty years of soldiering that you can never understand until you reach the end of your life and look back. It does seem at times that it’s uncanny how many ex airborne end up in this end of the world! Cheers mate. Harera
Great vid. Cheers mucka.
Great video
Thank you
Like your overview! 🤔👍
I really enjoy your content and how you deliver it ✅
Thanks, I appreciate that!
Great video, cheers.
No dramas, thanks for watching and commenting.
Some very interesting points about personal development, thank you. My son is considering going into the army and you make a few points that might tip the balance for him.
There’s a great short called Action Man: Battlefield Casualties that he should watch prior to making a decision
My Dad came back from War, minus a leg.
He said War was the WORST thing in the World.
When I was 18 I told him I was thinking of joining up, and he said if I DID, to never come home again, so respecting him I did not.
Thank you Dad.
Have YOU experienced War ?
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Try the RAF only the officers go into battle . The lad will get lots of training, mechanical electrical etc
@@robertwalker9130
In the RAF you are still a Member of a Gang and your ONE purpose is to Kill.
People you don't know and who have never done you any harm.
That can't be Good.
My Uncle was Ground Crew in the RAF for common sense reasons.
When I asked him if he had ever seen action, he replied he had a VERY near thing.
When he stepped of his Transport Plane in Burma, he NEARLY saw them carrying away the body of the last 'Jap' Soldier.
Chilling.
Trust me.
I come from a long line of Survivors.
.
nicely put. subscribed.
Thanks
Its a really good video, reminds me of the infrograms channel , but honest criticism the music throws it off, probably some better music that fits the theme than what ever was used
Thanks for the feedback
I joined the Legion in 1990 - first three weeks was £5 a week during selection. then it bumped up to £130 a month. After basic trg - first year was £200 a month. (We got sent to Iraq straight out of trg - so it went up to £400 a month. Nowadays the pay is much higher - around 1400 euros a month for a 2eme classe Legionnaire. (Ist year out of Castelnaudary)
Great stuff.
On pension, it might be non-contributory, but the pay review process simply suppresses the military salary when comparisons are made with the equivalent civilian jobs. I believe the level is around a 6% reduction.
and the years we had the pay increase split in two
As a boy soldier in the JLRRA in 1978 my first pay packet was £25 per week...After pay parade we were marched to the camp post office to open a savings account...we were "advised" to save £5 per week.
Not bad advice at all
Not marched down to a car dealership to buy a Camaro that will take all your money, and keep you in the service? Oh, how times have changed. 🙂
@@MarcSherwood Funny you should say that...In Germany in the 80s, I was stationed in Gutersloh...the German bank on site did "cheap" car loans for squaddies...I bought my first car there with one of those loans...VW Golf mk1...I was ripped off...the interest rate was higher than they charged locals and civvy contractors...ah well...we live and learn eh...
My platoon Sergeant in basic was Royal Army Pay Corps in 1986. He invited a financial expert onto camp and I took out a pension with him. Being paying into it since 1986. Best advice I was ever given! And do pay parades still take place? Imagine in civvie street having to march into the pay office and ask for YOUR money, and if you don't ask correctly, been bawled out of the office and to the back of the queue!
@@AnonAnonAnon " Pay correct sir"
This was a brilliant video and the last couple of minutes really brought it to light. Impressive. I somehow think your lisp when you talk is intriguing (no homo), it makes me listen more carefully! ha ha. I wish you the very best in all walks of life and good luck with the new ideas that you bring to civvie life too, I'm sure you'll profit.
Sheeya later!🇬🇧
Thanks, glad you like the lisp. It's here to stay haha
Interesting video. My brother has been saying he is getting out for ages. He has 2 yrs left and he has been in the army since 1987, he is a WO1 and he's only stayed in because of his pension
He will have a very good pension once he comes to the end of his time with a big lump sum payment too. Hopefully he'll put it to good use.
@@thesavvysquaddie Yeah, before moving to Winchester he sold his house that wasn't on the camp and now for his last 3 yrs left he is stationed in Italy. I think he has done an accountancy course for when he gets out or something. Is that what the army do, offer courses for people when their time is up or something.
There is scope throughout someones career while they are serving to do pretty much any course they desire and they can get partial funding towards it from the Army as well. There are also resettlement courses that can be done in the final year but these are less varied.
@@thesavvysquaddie Aww cheers for replying to my questions. Keep going with those vids as they are very interesting
Ex Army myself i can say the last five years i was in i was a slave to the pension.
I wish I was as Savvy as you during my service, but remember… conditions where bad when I was in and worse for those before me (not a winge).
So if you stay in, not only will conditions improve as the army evolves, but the likelihood of you being promoted occurs, making your life better socially and financially.
As for planning ahead in Civvy Street, it’s best to assume that you will have to start again and prove yourself, most switch on soldiers don’t take long proving themselves. But with an untraceable background (because you shouldn’t be talking about certain things), any employer would have to start you at the beginning.
Love these videos
Thank you
Only one man has ever gone from private to Field Marshall. William Robertson said his proudest and hardest promotion was to LCpl and he served in every rank.
I planned to join the RAF at 17 and failed to get in on medical grounds. However, watching this video now seven years later I feel like not getting in was the best thing for me. I have mates who joined up and the pay doesn't justify what they do. Now, I work around a 50 hour week after completing a three year apprenticeship and earn a hell of a lot more than I would've even if I had done the seven years military service (plus I'm not going to potentially lose my life doing my current role!). Until they improve the pay and conditions I can't see many people joining up and sticking it out.
What trade did you learn ?
What trade did you learn ?
@@nyarkomichael fire alarm engineering
Idk historically the pay has never been great even in 19th century an average labourer could earn more than a soilder of the army yet they still managed to get recruits. I think it's a part but at the same time their is more to the armed forces than just the pay.
I left the navy as a Leading Marine Engineering Technician Submariner (Corporal) last year, reasoning was because I was working over 100+ hours a week including duties and day work, treatment from superiors was terrible, and 60% of the lads working with/for you are absolutely useless due to a massive influx of dross from the pandemic, the accommodation and food provided was abysmal (except for in Faslane) & there was absolutely no scope for Adventure Training due to manning shortages.
I was on band 3 and bonus retention pay (Submariner pay) was £500 a month, so I was bringing home around £2,600ish a month.
When I decided I'd had enough, I walked into a job as an operations engineer at a power plant, where I work 4 days a week, get paid in excess of £50k a year not including overtime and no one dictates anything to me like they did in the forces. Ultimately with a decent amount of overtime spread through the year, I'm earning the same as the highest level Major.
The pension in a civilian workplace, is usually better than the military pension. Yes - those on the 75 scheme or even 05 scheme may have been laughing to the bank, but anyone on the 15 scheme (which every new joiner is) is just a slave to the system, even though its non-contributory; its pathetic.
The military needs to sort its self out - its outdated - I wouldn't suggest anyone joins.
My mate worked as a metrology rating based at Yeovil he absolutely hated it and even more so at sea. He'd been based yeovil for a few year and still had to share rooms with others. He recommended it to me at the start just after training but the novelty soon worn off when he found out what it was really like.
@@jacobs3031 everything you’re told from walking into the careers office is either exaggerated or a straight up lie mate
could i ask how long you were in the navy for? Also id like to be a crewmann in the raf do you think the RAF as a whole is the same as the navy when it comes to the lack of leadership like the navy?@@pep1995
Same i left in 1995 though i was infantry l/cpl. Moved to Canada and pretty much earning $200 to $300K a year operating big chemical plants!!!
@@colingoldthorpe5918 that’s very impressive
nice video
Thank you
As a older male with a understanding of military history and service l think all ranks should be payed a lot lot more ….firefighters go on strike ?. Call out the army …covid needs extra bids to help ? Call out the army …and seeing so many young men in the prime of their lives coming back from Afghanistan or Iraq with limbs missing or worse you realise what these young people are prepared to risk …it’s humbling really and l thank you guys from the bottom of my heart !!…..the yanks pay a lot more and they steer veterans into the workplace far better than we do .
In wartime there is also the rank of Field-Marshal, who commands an army group. In the British army this rank is not active during peacetime as the army is not big enough to accommodate such a senior role.
Not quite 100% true. When I was commissioned at Sandhurst in 1973, Field Marshal Lord Carver took the passing out parade, a rank he was promoted to that year.
@@richardpaxman8519 It was different in 1973, the British Army was much bigger.
Sorry, but that's simply not correct. Peter Inge was appointed CDS and Field Marshal on 15 March 1994. That's nineteen ninety four.
@@John-Gif memory serves Charles Guthrie was the last one. There are only 4 currently.... I could be wrong.
@@TheJon2442 Honorary promotion in 2012 - fifteen years after he retired. Michael Walker was also given the honorary rank after him, eight years after he retired. AFAIK they're the only two still alive.
Suppose it’s a horses for courses scenario, I flipped to civi street in early 90’s after doing 5 years, did college and uni. from there my salary shot up way more than if I had stayed.
Most Officers do it for a few years up to Lt. then leave as they can more or less triple their salary. The junior ranks unless in a high technical grade struggle to get a marginal increase without retraining.
Off to basic soon, this was really good help. I'm going to be a lance jack after my phase 2 but the page only detailed the pay rise I get after phase 1 and not phase 2 and I'd seen people say Lance Jacks get about 30k p/a but I wasn't sure if that applied to me.
After you have completed Phase 2 training then you will move straight up to the salary of a Lance Corporal. It is now a bit higher then what is stated in this video due to a pay rise since then and it will probably increase again this year if we receive another pay rise.
Hey do a video on the yes man and the rise of fraternisation, much appreciated mucker
Tbf didn't understand the sup rate cheers now I do 👍 well informative
Not a problem, glad it helped
I vaguely remember when I enlisted (British Army) in 1960, the pay options were approx: sign for 6 years @ £4.40pw or sign for 12 years @ £6.60pw - plus there was an option to join the Para Regt. and get an extra £2.20 pw. So I signed up for 12 years in the Paras earning about £8.80pw.
Overall I had a great time was promoted to Sgt but decided not to continue after my 12 year stint was up. I then had a few well paid jobs before starting my own business and needed to cash in part of my army pension for £12000 to help out. When I finally retired I received several pensions plus a most welcome (reduced) army pension
Bare in mind when you leave the forces you actually have to work for your money...best example is the HGV/logistics sector i on average work 65 to 67 hours a week away for 4 nights and bring in £3k pcm (on averag)
I'm a civil servant and this is really interesting to learn about 🥰. Great video
Thank you
Enjoy your 27% pension
I have been in the Canadian Forces just over 10 years now, I am a Sailor First Class (S1) in the Navy, which is equivalent to Corporal. Because I am also a QL5 Qualified MARTECH Engineer, I do get Trade Supplement Pay which is called "Spec Pay" in Canada, which works out to about $8000 more on top of core pay. Currently, my total yearly salary as an Sailor First Class (Corporal) with Spec pay, is about $87,000.
You get paid far too much!!!
@@tancreddehauteville764 awe! Someone sounds jealous. 😁
@@tancreddehauteville764why do you think we get paid too much? So you don't think people who sign up to protect their country and potentially put their lives on the line for our freedoms, and are away from their families all the time, deserve to get paid a decent wage?
Have you ever served in the Military?
@@tancreddehauteville764 Go on reduce the wages of these sailors.. Then see how many you recruit. I guarantee there will be a capability gap.
@@tancreddehauteville764 Take in mind that is £56000. Used to be a lot less before the tories crashed the pound.
The starting rates are higher than imagined. Not too bad.
Thank you so much
No problem
Personally I love your videos, appreciate the in depth knowledge u have and have helped many times with some issues in the past.
Do u perhaps have any knowledge regarding housing when families either move in and move out . I’m looking for information regarding carpets and painting. When do they either replace carpeting , when we do move out I don’t want to have to pay for carpets if we lives in the house for over 5 years. Any help will be great
I'll be doing a video on SFA in the near future which I'll try and cover some of this. When it comes to carpets, they are replaced every 10 years or so unless they are particularly bad. Painting I'm not as sure as but both SFA I have moved in have been freshly painted.
You talked about privates becoming officers, but the general information surrounding this seems to be that its almost impossible for other ranks/NCO's to become an officer later down the line. You said somewhere in the video about needing to pass certain requirements (I'm guessing a good amount of arse licking is involved).
Could you possibly do a video explaining it further? Would be interesting video.
It's a recent thing that has been implemented in the hopes to maintain continuity and experience going into senior ranks. Essentially when an other ranks goes Late Entry Comission they start again on a complete new contract giving them plenty of time to get high up if they do desire and if they are able.
I will do a future video on it as it would be beneficial to many people
@@thesavvysquaddie Cool, finally they've done something like that
quality channel ,and can vouch for cav officers being a different breed lol
That and the huge pop star wages you get when you leave with a trade as a highly employable person, take every single training opportunity you get no matter how benign.
great video, but put it on 1.25x as its feels a little slow.
Because of the non-contributory pension, a reduction of pay is made and that reduction is about what is awarded by the x- factor!
A pittance, when I joined in 1969 I was paid £2 2 shillings and £5 in my POSB of course over the years it went up but was always very poor. It's not changed.
The X Factor usually works out about the same percentage as is taken away to compensate for the benefit of the non contributory pension!
This video, was well done, however, I am very grateful I stuck it out w the American (U.S.) military. When I retired as a O-4 (Major) I was up about $22K over the highest illustrated British Army Major, and that was without any special pays and BAH & BAS. I've met and talked to some Canadian Forces retiree's who I met while on cruises and each to a person has told me that basically their duty pay, and retired pay is nowheres near close to what American (U.S.) troops receive.
The pay is quite good for those who are non skilled moreover, the Army do offer their people skills training and in the Army accommodation, food , travel and a good pension when you leave after 25 years .
Made me smile when you said painting the grass green... that actually happens, then it all dies a few days later!
Its a 24 hour job so the wages aint great although board and lodging is included.
The one thing that I will say if you pick the right path the training is great .
Jet propulsion or tech etc sets you up for civvy careers after service
The starting pay might be ok for a young person straight out of school. But for a much older recruit it would hardly pay their existing bills (mortgage, car, children. etc )
That is true which is why it's important for these people to do their research and understand their pay before signing up and make sure they have something in place at home already to help, like family aid or a working spouse. But the reality is, the majority of people who join are not long out of school and are not much older adults.
In 1974 I applied to join the RAF, the pay was around 19 pounds a week.
I joined the RAF in 1977. Six years later when I was buying a house I was on £10k/year and the house I bought was £20k. I was a corporal at the time. I left the RAF after my 9 years was up and started a job in industry that was paying a good wage of £7/year.
I joined the RAF as an Aircraft Engineering Apprentice in 1965 and for the first year my pay was £1.50 (one pound ten shillings) per week😢
US Army soldier here. Pretty interesting and a bit different from how our pay works.
Im not joining but i love this channel now
The thing the regs should understand is most jobs pay minimum wage nowadays. And it's really a postcode lottery when it comes to higher paid jobs.
The salaries are horrendous. I'm 24 and straight out of Uni in Australia. I do an easy software engineering job. I get paid 57000 pounds (100k aud) with 0 years of experience.
Saunders is the Head of the british army now wow that is quick served under him when he was brigadier for 20 armoured brigade aka "the iron fist " in germany ,time flies quick
I joined in 1973 . Welsh guards . my pay in training was £156 per annum . after 4 years at corporal my pay £1040 . at sergeant only £2000 per annum . thank god Maggie gave us huge pay rises .
Hey man if you guys are still unhappy with your pay, you're more than welcome in Australian Army
Civi street have budgets to adhere to so getting promoted in a multinational doesn’t automatically get you a pay rise. I was promoted to a director position but my pay didn’t reach the minimum scale for that job due to not having enough within the budget to bump me up £20k. Saying that, I left the army as a L\Cpl and my pay was less than £23k. That was in `94🤣
Very interesting. Thanks. I joined in 1967. I was seventeen and a half. I received £5 per week. As I was only a three year man. I think I earned about £11? While serving in Oman. For a year. That's the most I ever earned. Because Northern Ireland was a home posting? So it stayed the same. But of course food and board was all in. 😁
You have to factor in pension. A civil service pension is worth nearly 30% extra.
div 2 footballer's are on more than generals . also field martial is the highest rank . one of my old commanding officers was field martial . Charlie Guthrie .
Great video. But I have a question. What happens if you are a Pte (OR2-9) on Supp 4 and are promoted to LCpl will you get a pay cut or automatically to go to LCpl OR3-3? Thanks
You won't take a pay cut. I was in this situation all the time and went into the next rank at the increment level that was next up in pay.
I left the army on 23k. Did a quick 3 year comp science degreeand now I make more than a general... Army is underpaying it's staff. I also think it's batshit crazy a trumpet blower makes the same as an RAC crewman.
Very suprising. Although I don't think I could ever join the military, as even joining as a CO, I don't belive I could get very far. Not for a lack of trying, I just don't think it would be something I could physically do for long.
But it does give me a wierd hope that a mate of mine who is currently in the army and recently promoted to Lance Corpral (I think) gets as high as he wants.
My grandfather was also a Major in the British Army as well. (th-cam.com/video/dmmd21PRXNg/w-d-xo.html at 7:35)
So, yeah, I found this very interesting at the very least.
i was in the Army for 10 years and i thought a Cpls pay was awesome. Now im a Linux Engineer on 90k. The grass is sometimes greener on the civvie side.
Hi, im interested in joining the military next year or so, how would a Regular soldier go about getting the Officer route? Covered it a bit in this video, but is there any chance we could get more details?
Basically if you can't join up directly as an officer it is nigh on impossible to transefer for a comission. You need recommendations and good ones at that and then you still need to pass sandhurst academy. Either that or wait until you hit Staff/colour sgt and then apply for late entry comission but that will likely be over 15 years into your career.
@@fatasswalrus Thank you! Much appreciated.
I served 12 years, and at my 11 year manning control point, I was given notice that my services to the colours were no longer required due to me not being able to make rank, this was and probably is still known as being "brown enveloped", however in my case it was a dirty move to push me out of the back door, this is because I was medically downgraded and had been for my last 5 years with an injury to both knees, had I been medically discharged, I would have been entitled to a war disablement pension (WDP) from day one, and I would also have be entitled to my army pension from day one, but alas I have had to fight to get a WDP this has taken me year's to get to something that is respectable, I have however as yet been unable to get my army pension released early on medical grounds, every time I apply I get the same response 'I'm able to take up some sort of employment', this isn't possible due to my medical issues, not only do I still suffer from my knees, I was also diagnosed with PTSD from service, 6 years after leaving and I also have several crushed discs in my lower spine, that I can't get accepted to service though I believe it is. If you know of any one or how to get my pension released early please let me know, because I am really beginning to think it will never happen
This is almost universal in other countries soldiers almost never get paid for what they go through.
The sad truth is is money is in the private sector.
Joined the army in 1971 on £5 a week left after 9 years first job about £35k in close protection ended my career as head of corporate security +£250k per year, visited 130 countries lead of 10,000 security and probably won’t do it again😎
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and then everyone clapped
Tbh the pay is good. It's shit at the bottom but you're expected to move up the ranks over your career. Decent wage,cheap living,free gym medical & dental plus a non-contributary decent pension adds up.
I did 22 years in REME and I was more interested in the great Comradeship which made up for the poor rates of pay for Junior ranks. Would I serve again ? Damn right I would.
My brother was in the army and he phoned me when he got to his regiment and told me. I don't get double time at the weekends haha.
wish someone did a salary breakdown vid on the RAF
There is really not much difference in the amount. Just our ranks are called different things. Here is a link that will help www.armedforces.co.uk/rafpayscales.php#.Y7Sev-ynxkw
@@thesavvysquaddie thank you very much for your advice, great vid 👍
It's still mind boggling that pay is so low in the forces. Especially now that the benefits are dog shite.
I left in 2008 and in the short time I served (6 years) pensions were changed and pay as you dine was introduced.
I'm glad I left when I did.
I know every unit thinks it's the best, but Royal Engineers give probably the best career options after leaving.
John Smiths: Yes, at least they have skills that are useful in "civvy street".
Mind blowing 🤔
How much does an IT project delivery manager with 10 years experience earn in the british army? Pls tell me. Thanks
Similar life style, like getting fucked around on your off time having your kettles leads cut. Seniors constantly on power trips with 0 consequences.
Opposed to clock off and no longer care about your job and have no one fuck you around.
They wonder why there is a recruitment and retention problem.
Can you covert into how many tea bags for comparison?
I can't sadly, I am a blasphemous coffee drinker