What branch of the military earns more money? -

Just curious. My daughter wants to join when she is 18 and be a doctor in the military but isn t sure what branch she should join. I was just curious which one makes the most money?|::::|They all make the same according to their rank/time in. An E-3 in the Army (Private First Class) will make the same pay as an E-3 in the Navy (Seaman) so on and so forth. EDIT: Well the down voting happy freak doesn t seem to realize that all pay is the same but some jobs and situations get extra money. But hey I can t control the anal retentive people on this board that get their feelings hurt when people don t get all text book informative on them and write 5+ paragraph answers|::::|All branches pay the same. Every single one of them. The only difference comes with bonuses and special pay. The Army has BIG enlistment bonuses, the AF does not. The Navy has sea pay and Dive pay, the Army does not. Base pay is the same for everyone. The only way she can be a doctor in the military is to get her medical degree and THEN go in as an Officer. ALL doctors are Officer s. She would be unable to complete medical school while on Active Duty. There is just not enough time. It generally takes about 4-5 years to earn an Associates while on Active Duty and about 8-9 years to earn a Bachelor s. If she truly wants to be a Doctor, she needs to go to school first.|::::|Though all the answers here pretty much cover this question one thing was not mentioned. Doctors and Lawyers get higher pay than other officers of the same Rank as an incentive to get them to join the military. That being said, the best thing for your daughter to do is get her doctorate first, then join. One other thing just came to mind, I believe the military will pay off part of her college debt as an additional incentive but you would need to check with a recruiter on that.|::::|All branches of the US military pay the same exact base-pay, form the same exact pay-chart. So within the limited context of base-pay it is all the same. The Navy pays more more than any other service. The Navy s SRB is the highest. Every time you Re-Enlist they are offering a cap of $90k in front of you. [it changes depending on what your rate / NEC is. If your job is hard and requires a lot of schooling, then your SRB is higher]. The Navy routinely sees tax-free service. It is common to serve for decades where your salary is completely tax-free. I was tax-free from 1983 until I retired in 2001. The Army, AF, Marines will only see tax-free status while they are being shot at. While most solders, marines and airmen are being paid base pay ; sailors routinely will bring home three to four times more. In my case, base pay was commonly 1/4 of my take home paycheck. If you want money to party with; if you want money to invest with; if you want money for college; then go for the highest pay. Their will be folks who will lie to you, they will say that all military gets paid the same. Just ask any navy recruiter how much the current SRB level is for a ET1 Nuclear Reactor Operator, buckle your seat belt, as it will take a few minutes for him to look it up, but then $90k will be his answer. I was not a nuc, but I got $65k every 4 years when I re-upped. Also when you look at the paycharts, keep in mind that the Navy commonly pays sailors bunches of the extra pays and allowances. During most of my career, I got: BAQ, BAS, COLA, VHA, Sub pay, Career sub pay, Sea pay, Career sea pay, Sea pay kicker, Female separation pay, All in addition to base pay.|::::|All service members are paid on a DoD pay scale. The rank you enlist or appoint at directs the income you will have. In general, Officers start out making more than enlisted members. If she comes in as an officer, it would be after she completed the college education. Some services offer additional income for special duty. Flight and sea pay are an example.|::::|Every brach of the US Military is payed based on a pay scale- x amout of money for E-1, x amount of money for E-2 ect... The higher the rank the higher the money- service makes no difference... http://www.militaryfactory.com/military_...|::::|The pay for enlisted pay is all exactly the same based on rank and time in the service. Some branches have extra pay (navy for sea duty as an example) but it s not a significant source of money.|::::|Base pay is the same service-wide. What changes that is what you do and where in the world you re doing it.|::::|the military is not going to train her to be a doctor. she would have to be a doctor already before joining.|::::|All US Military makes the same in Base pay and BAH rates. Base pay goes by rank and time in service. BAH is based on rank, duty station zip code and with or without dependents.|::::|Every branch gets paid the same. http://www.navycs.com/09militarypaychart...|::::|Because all services have the same pay scale, a better question would be: Which service has the best advancement opportunities? I made E-5 in less than two years and E-7 in 10 years.|::::|about same but different branch have different sign-up bouns|::::|we all earn the same base pay although you save more when deployed and you special when deployed.