British Forces Pay 2015

[RoyalGreenJacket]

good news this year - we all got a pay rise.

[DeV]

Is the fact that new enterants get £3.5k less a year new?

[RoyalGreenJacket]

Is the fact that new entrants get £3.5k less a year new?

no - and that's because new entrants don't get £3.5K less per year.

they received £14,492 in 2014, and £14,637 in 2015, an increase of just over 1%.

[DeV]

So a new entrant is a pay grade (new recruits etc)

[RoyalGreenJacket]

So a new entrant is a pay grade (new recruits etc)

yes, when you finish training and are posted to your unit you see a massive pay jump.

some specialist trades / Corps may differ as to when pay increases are awarded.

every soldier in the British Army unless already at the top of the ladder should receive 2 x pay increases per year, unless there is pay freeze and they will only receive one.

[Orion]

good news this year - we all got a pay rise

Its never election year again :-)

[na grohmiti]

	IRL	UK
Recruit	€390.68	€392.72
Private	€499.85	€486.34
Corporal	€599.56	€547.20
Sgt	€659.46	€909.56
CS	€780.29	€766.22
SM	€873.16	€1168.44
	(2010 rates)	(2015 rates)

Converted to Euros, how do we compare, I wondered.

[RoyalGreenJacket]

Its never election year again :-)

makes no difference.

it wasn't an election year last year and we got pretty much the exact same deal - 1% across the board.

i've know some annual pay rises as high as 3.8% over the years, but this years rise is pretty much same as last years - so no difference because of the election at all.

[RoyalGreenJacket]

	IRL	UK
Recruit	€390.68	€392.72
Private	€499.85	€486.34
Corporal	€599.56	€547.20
Sgt	€659.46	€909.56
CS	€780.29	€766.22
SM	€873.16	€1168.44
	(2010 rates)	(2015 rates)

Converted to Euros, how do we compare, I wondered.

this was batted out before and i think in most instances on base pay alone we were better off, particularly if you add the vast amount of Leave we get in comparison.

either way i think both armies are pretty well paid.

[na grohmiti]

Its worthwhile to consider though, for any potential recruit, given that under the new rules, anyone joining here will only have 15 years before its up or out. My understanding is your base life is a bit better than here. As a long term career your T&C seems to improve as you climb the ladder, while here it seems to plateau at SGT.

[HavocIRL]

So a new entrant is a pay grade (new recruits etc)

Same as the Irish army recruits.

[ropebag]

i think, for me - and i'm absolutely not trying to start some stupid fight over it - the swinger is the issue of Service Family Accommodation and the blocks/messes for single soldiers. being mobile (in my career i've worked in Berkshire, Larkhill, Germany, Plymouth, London, Shrivenham, Thirsk, Larkhill, and Catterick), the idea of having to sort out new accommodation for my family every few years would be a game-stopper.

we don't use it at the moment - we decided to live somewhere we wanted to live, send the kids to school there and put down roots, and i'll just have to commute/stay in the mess - but uptil that point it was an absolute requirement, and if it wasn't in place i would have left by 28.

[DeV]

Same as the Irish army recruits.

But we call them recruits

[DeV]

The rates for Irish above are incorrect for 2010

http://www.defence.ie/WebSite.nsf/ROP_EP1

Recruit € 371.15
Pte 3* €455.70
Cpl € 568.97
Sgt € 624.37
CS € 736.14
SM € 822.05

Then add MSA:
Pte <3 yrs service €41.57
Pte >3 yrs/Cpl/Sgt €115.43
SNCO €122.87

If you joined after a certain date you get less

[na grohmiti]

The rates for Irish above are incorrect for 2010

http://www.defence.ie/WebSite.nsf/ROP_EP1

Recruit € 371.15
Pte 3* €455.70
Cpl € 568.97
Sgt € 624.37
CS € 736.14
SM € 822.05

Then add MSA:
Pte <3 yrs service €41.57
Pte >3 yrs/Cpl/Sgt €115.43
SNCO €122.87

If you joined after a certain date you get less

You go make up a flippin table then.

complain complain complain...
moan moan etc.