A Lance Corporal is an E-3
The pay grade GS3 refers to civilian government workers; it is not a military pay grade. There is no pay grade "G3."If you are referring to the military pay grade E-3, this is the equivalent rank of a Private First Class (PFC) in the US Army, a Lance Corporal in the US Marine Corps, an Airman First Class in the US Air Force, and a Seaman E-3 in the US Navy.
Specialist is a rank - Pay Grade E-4 - which is classed as lower enlisted. Pay is equal to that of a Corporal, but Corporal is the higher rank of the two (Corporal is a noncommissioned officer rank, Specialist is not).
In the US Army that is the rank of Corporal or Specialist. In the US Navy that is the rank of Petty Officer 3rd Class. In the US Marine Corps that is the rank of Lance Corporal. In the US Air Force that is the rank of Senior Airman.
Their salary depends on their pay grade, which is based on their rank.
Pay grade goes by rank not MOS (Military Occupational Speciality). Rank is Private, pay grade is E-1; Sergeant is rank, E-5 is the pay grade, etc. For officers, O-1 is a 2nd Lieutenant...Major is O-4, etc. An E-4 Corporal infantryman will make the same money as an E-4 tank crewman. Those are the "base" pay salaries. Extra money comes in the way of additional pay: Parachute pay (jump pay); hazardous duty pay; demolitions pay; over seas pay; housing pay; dependents pay; re-enlistment bonuses; etc.
Two or less years in the service you get $1,649.70 a month. Three years its $1,753.50 a month, four years and on is $1,859.70 a month
E8, both for the Army and the Marine Corps.
Yes. Staff Sergeant is pay grade E6 in both the US Army and US Marine Corps (it's pay grade E5 in the Air Force).
The pay grade of a Master Sergeant is $46,256 - $65,974 (based on experience).
The starting salary for a Marine Recruit is would be $1,357.20 a month. It is based on less than 2 years service. The pay goes up based on time in grade and on promotions.
Marine MOS 6800 Meteorological & Oceanographic Services is not an element in determining Marine service members' pay. Pay is a matter of pay grade and time in service. There are additional family related and duty related elements that are considered, but MOS is not one of these.
SSGT is a military rank in the US Air Force that means Staff Sergeant. In the US Air Force, it is used to signify an individual in the pay grade of E-5. In the Army and Marine Corp, the same name and abbreviation are used, but in this case, they signify someone in the pay grade of E-6.