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What officers make in basic pay
Captain, entry
$63,979
Second Lieutenant, first year
$47,981
Captain, senior
$93,935
There is no wage survey for this job, because the armed forces sit outside it. The federal occupation profile says plainly that no data is collected on military occupations. Pay comes instead from the Department of Defense basic pay table, set by Congress, and depends only on your rank and your years of service. These are 2025 Army figures for basic pay alone. Ranks above Captain pay more again.