United States Marine Corps 6 year Captain (rank, not cockpit position)
-KC-130J Aircraft Commander (3 months) co-pilot (9 months)

Total income: $102,000 direct
Per diem: $N/A
Company 401k (aka TSP): 5% match

Total Compensation: $126,000 including all benefits

Total block time: 200 hours

Average days off: NA

200 hours in c-130’s? What the hell?

Also, since when is there a TSP match? New retirement system?

Yep, new military retirement system goes back to 2% annual defined benefit (ie 40% of high 3 after 20yrs) + 1-5% into TSP as contribution/match so that if you leave before 20, you get to take something along....

https://www.military.com/benefits/mi...explained.html

I was thinking the same thing. Sounds like a year in a fighter not a herk.

I think the marine 130s were grounded some this year. I’m betting that’s why the low hours. They had to fix the issue of the props coming off.

There could be many reasons for the low hours in the military. He may have had PME that took a few months time, deployment into a non flying staff position, injury, etc. The point is whether he flew 1000 hours or 200, the pay is the same.

How did you get the $102,000 number? The pay charts show $69,504 so I’m curious what I missed

You all had pretty good theories, many of which are usually correct. In my case, it was a non-deploying year which equates to not flying a lot unless you are a tactics instructor.

Deployed years you probably get around 400 hours, non-deployed 250.

A lot of different factors:

-Pay Entry Base Date and Active Duty Base Date are two different things. I.e. you could’ve started Officer Candidate School during college (Pay Entry Base Date Year) but only start active duty after college. So you could have 6 years of active duty but your pay is for an 8 year rank.
-Flight Pay earns you another ~$150-$800/month
-Basic Allowance for Housing can add another ~$800-$4000/month. I’m on the lower end for my location.
-Other random pay (language, special skills, etc)

End of year salary survey
 

SWA 3rd Year FO Pay
230,000 W-2
30,000 NEC
25,000 Profit sharing

285k Total Compensation

Live in domicile
Work 15 days a month
Golf 15 days a month

Blocked 730 hours