Armed Forces: Pay
(asked on 19th December 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made the number of members of the armed forces that have been paid an annual salary of (a) less than and (b) more than £30,000 in each year since 2010.
The number of members of the Armed Forces that have been paid an annual salary of less than and more than £30,000 in each year since 2010 is shown below
Table 1 - UK Regular Forces Salaries at 1 April 2010 to 1 April 2018*
Date | Less than £30,000 | More than £30,000 |
01/04/2010 | 97,700 | 94,010 |
01/04/2011 | 93,240 | 93,130 |
01/04/2012 | 89,650 | 90,160 |
01/04/2013 | 83,850 | 86,860 |
01/04/2014 | 76,230 | 83,400 |
01/04/2015 | 73,170 | 80,550 |
01/04/2016 | 62,710 | 88,290 |
01/04/2017 | 62,600 | 86,770 |
01/04/2018 | 61,200 | 85,360 |
*Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, unless they end in "5", in which case they are rounded to the nearest 20 to avoid systematic bias.
UK Regular Forces comprises all UK Regulars from the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Army and Royal Air Force. Gurkhas and Full Time Reserve Service.
There were a small number of individuals who did not have a pay record. Where this was the case their NATO Rank was used to determine their salary.
Salary is defined as gross basic pay plus X-Factor and any Job Evaluation Supplements. Employer and pension contributions, allowances and other types of financial assistance, including expenses, are excluded. The salary is taken as a snapshot at 1 April each year.