3 min readNov 4, 2018
shouldn’t America’s poor military get paid the same as America’s rich Border Patrol?
Border Patrol salaries vs Military salaries “let’s get ready to grumble!”
https://www.cbp.gov/careers/frontline-careers/bpa/pay-benefits
Start as a BPA GL-5 in December 2017 and make $52,583/yr
Be promoted in December 2018 to GL-7 and make $62,949/yr
Be promoted in December 2019 to GL-9 and make $70,784/yr
Be promoted in December 2020 to GS-11 and make $83,054/yr
Be promoted in December 2021 to GS-12 and make $97,486/yr
vs
https://www.federalpay.org/military/army/ranks
E-1 $1,600 per month or $19,200 per year
E-2 $1,793 per month or $21,516 per year
E-3 $22,630 — $25,510 per year
E-4s $25,067 — $30,427 per year
E-4c $25,067 — $30,427 per year
E-5 $27,338 — $38,794 per year
E-6 $29,840 — $46,220 per year
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p.s.
y’all [lawyers and legislators] better start righting before God says, “spirits! put your man (pencils) down!”
