I calculated the figures from a formula in a JTAS article. I can't remember which issue ... somewhere between 12 and 24. From memory it gave:Originally posted by Hal:
Hi Peter,
I ran a comparison between the figures on your webpage regards to income and what GURPS GROUND FORCES lists for various pay grades. For example, in GURPS TRAVELLER, the pay scale for an O-10 is starting pay at 11,400 Cr per year up to 119,400 Cr per year (if the guy has been a general for 26 years!). This varies greatly with the figures you list on your site. Just out of curiosity, how did you arrive at the figures you give?
Also, as a perspective? I compared starting pay (ie pay for less than 2 years in a particular grade) against the US military. It varied across the board naturally, but the enlisted values for Traveller's pay scale were about 1/3rd those of the US values. US enlisted pay for E1's was 6 times that of Traveller E1 pay. E7's in the US were paid roughly 3.7 times that of the calculated GURPS TRAVELLER rates.
basic pay = (N x terms) x rank
(where N was different for enlisted as opposed to officers)
Or it might have been:
basic pay = (N x rank) x terms
(where N was different for enlisted as opposed to officers)
These figures are certainly open to debate.
One possibility (thinking out loud here) is that US Navy personnel routinely return home (and thus may have a house, family, etc), whereas IN personnel are much more migratory during their service ... they would be able to save a much greater proportion of their basic pay and thus would need less. This would be less of a case for Army personnel (or Colonial Navy personnel for that matter).
Regards PLST