Unless Congress and/or the President act to set a different military basic pay raise, annual military basic pay raises are linked to the increase in private-sector wages, as measured by the Employment Cost Index (ECI). Pay increases occur on January 1 of each year. Pay increases from 2007 to 2025 are as follows: 

• 2007: 2.2%
• 2007: 0.5%
• 2008: 3.5%
• 2009: 3.9%
• 2010: 3.4%
• 2011: 1.4%
• 2012: 1.6%
• 2013: 1.7%
• 2014: 1.0%
• 2015: 1.0%
• 2016: 1.3%
• 2017: 2.1%
• 2018: 2.4%
• 2019: 2.6%
• 2020: 3.1%
• 2021: 3.0%
• 2022: 2.7%
• 2023: 4.6%
• 2024: 5.2%
• 2025:  4.5%