I’m just wondering if anyone has any IDEA about what a full Colonel, with 18 years in, active in the Army Reserves would be making for a salary?
I have NO idea. It could be $100k or $10k for all I know. Just a basic range would be nice. I’m trying to put together a salary package for a prospective candidate, and I want to be in the ballpark… Thanks
Military pay scales are public record. 2007 Military Pay Tables
You’re looking for O-6 on this table; this is monthly pay. In addition, if he is on active duty he will be getting a housing allowance which is another roughly $1,200-$2,400 per month depending on where he is stationed.
It’s the U.S. Army Reserve, not Reserves.
If it’s anything like the Navy, being a part of the Reserve can mean different things. You can be working full time or just the 2 weeks a year/one weekend a month gig. Your pay will be drastically different for each.
An O-6 doing full time Army will make a base pay of about $93, 600 per year. You’d then lump on to that BAH (housing), which has been noted, and BAS (food), then any other special pay he gets (fly pay, spec ops pay, jump pay, whatever), and any bonus he may be getting, and then you may have to factor in tax-free benefits (from working in a combat zone), which is huge if you’re eligible for, say, an entire year, or even just 6 months. Typically as an O-6 you’ll make well over 100k.
Ex-military Doper popping in to say “Thanks for asking.” I’ve got a bunch of friends who applied for jobs when they got out and received lowball offers from employers who didn’t understand (or didn’t care to research) what an officer in that pay bracket made. One of them said it looked like the person had checked his salary on the enlisted tables and was offering him a small raise over an E-3 (not O-3) salary.
You should be offering in the 100-150k range, but also take into account the position you’re hiring him for. Colonels should be managing hundreds of employees, or performing a specialized professional skill at the top 5% of his profession (doctors, lawyers, etc). If you’re going to pay him a colonel’s salary, make sure you’re getting a colonel’s-worth of value out of him.
Well put. I know two colonels who became school district superintendents and were very successful.