Historic Pay Raise Chart
| Year | Military Pay Rase Percent |
Average Private Sector Raise |
Pay Gap |
| 1976 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 2.6% |
| 1977 | 4.8 | 7.0 | 4.8% |
| 1978 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 4.5% |
| 1979 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 6.5% |
| 1980 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 7.3% |
| 1981 | 11.7 | 9.1 | 4.8% |
| 1982 | 14.3 | 9.1 | 0.0% |
| 1983 | 4.0 | 8.1 | 3.9% |
| 1984 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 5.5% |
| 1985 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 6.7% |
| 1986 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 8.1% |
| 1987 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 9.4% |
| 1988 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 11.0% |
| 1989 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 10.3% |
| 1990 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 11.2% |
| 1991 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 11.5% |
| 1992 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 11.5% |
| 1993 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 11.5% |
| 1994 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 12.1% |
| 1995 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 12.6% |
| 1996 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 13.1% |
| 1997 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 12.9% |
| 1998 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 13.5% |
| 1999 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 13.5% |
| 2000 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 11.4% |
| 2001 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 10.5% |
| 2002 | 6.9 | 4.1 | 7.6% |
| 2003 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 6.5% |
| 2004 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 5.4% |
| 2005 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.9% |
| 2006 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 4.4% |
| 2007 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.9% |
| 2008 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.4% |
| 2009 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.9% |
| 2010 | 3.4 | UNK | UNK |
| 2011 | 1.4 | UNK | UNK |
| 2012 | 1.6 | UNK | UNK |
| 2013 | 1.7 | UNK | UNK |
| 2014 | UNK | UNK | UNK |
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