Officer pay
O-2 Basic Pay (2026)
An O-2 is paid $4,782.00 a month in basic pay with 2 or less years of service, rising to $6,617.70 a month from over 6 years of service, under the DFAS officer pay table effective January 1, 2026. Below is every rate DFAS publishes for O-2, 22 steps by cumulative years of service.
- 2 or less years
- $4,782.00
- a month, the first step
- Over 40 years
- $6,617.70
- a month, the last published step
- BAS, officers
- $328.48
- a month, DFAS Officers column
O-2 pay table
O-2 monthly basic pay by years of service
O-2 rates by cumulative years of service, as DFAS publishes them. “12 months at this rate” is 12 times the monthly rate.
| Years of service | Monthly basic pay | 12 months at this rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2 or less | $4,782.00 | $57,384.00 |
| Over 2 | $5,446.20 | $65,354.40 |
| Over 3 | $6,272.40 | $75,268.80 |
| Over 4 | $6,484.50 | $77,814.00 |
| Over 6 | $6,617.70 | $79,412.40 |
| Over 8 | $6,617.70 | $79,412.40 |
| Over 10 | $6,617.70 | $79,412.40 |
| Over 12 | $6,617.70 | $79,412.40 |
| Over 14 | $6,617.70 | $79,412.40 |
| Over 16 | $6,617.70 | $79,412.40 |
| Over 18 | $6,617.70 | $79,412.40 |
| Over 20 | $6,617.70 | $79,412.40 |
| Over 22 | $6,617.70 | $79,412.40 |
| Over 24 | $6,617.70 | $79,412.40 |
| Over 26 | $6,617.70 | $79,412.40 |
| Over 28 | $6,617.70 | $79,412.40 |
| Over 30 | $6,617.70 | $79,412.40 |
| Over 32 | $6,617.70 | $79,412.40 |
| Over 34 | $6,617.70 | $79,412.40 |
| Over 36 | $6,617.70 | $79,412.40 |
| Over 38 | $6,617.70 | $79,412.40 |
| Over 40 | $6,617.70 | $79,412.40 |
Sources
- 1.DFAS: Basic Pay - Officers (opens in a new tab)
Defense Finance and Accounting Service; page updated January 9, 2026. Internet Archive copy (opens in a new tab)
- 2.DFAS: Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) (opens in a new tab)
Defense Finance and Accounting Service; page updated December 19, 2025. Internet Archive copy (opens in a new tab)
Last reviewed against DFAS's tables on .