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Pay grades [1] are used by the eight structurally organized uniformed services of the United States [2] (Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, Coast Guard, Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps), as well as the Maritime Service, to determine wages and benefits based on the corresponding military rank of a member of the services.
pay grade Special grade [a] O-10 O-9 O-8 O-7 O-6 O-5 O-4 O-3 O-2 O-1 NATO code OF-10 OF-9 OF-8 OF-7 OF-6 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 OF-1 Insignia Army Green Service Uniform Army Blue Service Uniform Army Combat Uniform Title General of the Army: General: Lieutenant general: Major general: Brigadier general: Colonel: Lieutenant colonel: Major: Captain ...
The chart below shows the current enlisted rank insignia of the United States Army, with seniority, and pay grade, increasing from right to left.The enlisted ranks of corporal (E-4) and higher are considered non-commissioned officers (NCOs).
The rank of lieutenant is divided between the following: Lieutenant (pay grade O-3), abbreviated as LT and equivalent to a Captain in the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force; Lieutenant, junior grade (pay grade O-2), abbreviated as LTJG and
The United States Marine Corps and British Royal Marines [86] both use army ranks, while many former Eastern-Bloc marine forces retain the naval rank structure. Before 1999 the Royal Marines enjoyed the same rank structure as the army, but at a grade higher; thus a Royal Marine captain ranked with and was paid the same as a British Army major.
This is a general NATO practice, which does not prevent individual branches of the armed forces, for example, the British Army, [9] the U.S. Army [10] and the U.S. Marine Corps, [11] from having their own approaches to the positions held by certain officers and NCOs.
Communist states have, on several occasions, abolished the use of ranks (e.g., the Soviet Red Army 1918–1935, [9] the Chinese People's Liberation Army 1965–1988, [10] and the Albanian People's Army 1966–1991 [11]), but they have had to re-establish them after encountering operational difficulties in command and control.
In the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, lieutenant colonel is a field-grade officer rank, just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel. It is equivalent to the naval rank of commander in the other uniformed services. The pay grade for the rank of lieutenant colonel is O-5. In the United States ...