Okey, I clear 93,000 a year, can a private in the US troops do the same.?

Question

Becouse if he does, most of us civilians would be in line to join.?

Answer 1

Brag why don't you, sleep well do you? knowing that while you soak it up they are willing to die for the few bucks they earn.

I am sure your salary is not from a job of educational studies, as I bet my bottom dollar the guys serving in Iraq spell hell of a lot better.

Gloating at the expense of others who put their lives on the line, and that include Police, Firefighter and other Rescue services, shows the world your lack of understanding. It is not the money, its the differences they can make to others is what is important.

Yuppies

Answer 2

A private cannot. In order to make 93,000 per year, the lowest grade you can be in the US Army is an O-6 with a minimum of 18 years of experience in the Army. No enlisted man can make that amount of money.

This is take home pay, since the Army also pays for food, clothing, house, health care, and other intangible items, the actual compensation amount would be much higher.

If one assumes that the additional services made were equal to the take home pay (e.g 1:1 ratio), then the lowest rank you could be to make $93,000 per year is an E-7 (Army Sgt. First Class) with over 22 years experience, or a W-2 (Warrant Officer) with over 14 years experience, or a 0-2 (First Lt.) with over 6 years experience.

EDIT: One thing that I wanted to add onto here but forgot to (during the analysis of military pay grade) is that while a private does not make $93,000 per year, a private security contractor does. Assuming you spend 4 years in the military, muster out, and then join a private security firm, you can make starting between $120,000 to over $250,000 depending on your specialty, and where you are assigned.

Answer 3

For a person that supposedly clears 93,000 (dollars, I am assuming, since it wasn't actually stated. For all I know, you clear 93,000 trash cans a year...) you sure can't spell very well, nor do you seem to have the intelligence to use spell checker, either.

As stated before from the above, a person doesn't join the military to attain wealth, at least not monetary wealth. There are many reasons our fine citizens (and some are non-citizens) join, such as having a purpose in life, seeking a challenge personally and professionally, to serve one's country, to further their education, and many others.

By the way, there are those for whom this occupation is the most money they've ever made, it carries a guarantee of employment (since we are contracted, and can't be fired), has an annual pay raise in the least (which relieves us of the stress of having to ask for a raise) and offers benefits that can't be measured in money. For example, I received LASEK surgery, correcting my vision to 20/15, and I didn't have to pay a dime for it.

Please, if you are going to try to insult someone, at least sound like you know what the hell you are talking about.

Oh, yes, I almost forgot. A Private doesn't remain a Private for very long, especially if they perform as admirably as our young men and women currently are. They will reach Specialist within 2 or 3 years, with several pay raises and promotions in that time.

Answer 4

I don’t really understand the question, but I would say the motivation is different. The soldier does it for a personal motivation – that he wants to take the measure of himself and stand for those who cannot/will not. It would be nice to be compensated for that but it doesn’t always happen. That private can get out after a few years, be a veteran and take a job doing the same thing with a contractor for more than the $93K. I understand from some friends that they are making 7 figures right now because of their prior military training.

But the one thing your 93K will never buy you is the satisfaction of having been there done that – its like the old quote from Patton to the 3rd Army soldiers :

There is one great thing you men will all be able to say when you go home. You may thank God for it. Thank God, that at least, thirty years from now, when you are sitting around the fireside with your grandson on your knees, and he asks you what you did in the Great War, you won't have to cough and say, "I shoveled s*** in Louisiana."

Answer 5

No Private does not clear that in a year i don't think even a captain does actually. I cleared more in a month than my ex and he was a captain i think they are on a low wage but get good benefits that help them such as housing, health care, Px, commasiary etc. However its not what they earn its what they do for the nation and that is priceless. So quit complaining or join up its simple lol

Answer 6

Can a private? Are you serious? Of course not. Did you start at 93,000 a year or did you work your way up? And yes a private can work their way up to 90k, plus they dont have to pay taxes on retirement income after 20 years. You're going to need at least 1 million invested, yeilding at least 4% a year, in order to get 40,000 a year that you're going to have to pay taxes on.

Answer 7

A private is an entry level position. What entry level civilian job is going to pay $93,000 a year?

Answer 8

If you "clear 93,000 a year," either you're doing something illegal or you mean 93,000 pesos, not dollars. You obviously don't have the intelligence to make 93,000 dollars a year in a legal job.

Answer 9

Whoopee. So you make more money than an entry level military person. So do I.

What you fail to recognize is that most of those people feel more strongly about their country than you do. John Kennedy said we should ask not what our country can do for us, but what we can do for our country. Not a popular sentiment in these Republican days.

Greed and self interest make you small, while your bank account grows. Enjoy your material success, because in any just afterlife you will be cleaning the latrines for the true heroes.

Answer 10

Yes, but there is a trick to it.
$4,000*40 years with 12% compound interest =$3.4 million tax free. Then roll it over to a money market and pull $150,000 a year tax free.
On top of that, there is a free education, free housing, free food, free vehicals (many of which are worth more than civilian vehicals), free air travel, free medical etc. Also combat soldiers pay no taxes.