Congrats on your last day of AD.
As for the moolah.....
$50,496 yearly pay in the military (base pay not counting TAD or deployments)
$18,900 yearly pay in the airlines (min guarantee no per diem)
$31,596 total loss
I can easily say that around 70K is correct. I'm paid the exact total gross salary I was paid when I left. However due to medical insurance, state income tax, state disability (which you usually can avoid) and the fact that I pay taxes on everything I earn now as opposed to BAH, my actual NET has gone down. Add on top that BAH/BAS are not only FICA exempt, they are also exempt from SS/Med tax.I got the money by adding my E5 pay rate when i left plus BAH for SoCal plus BAS and then multiplied by 12.
I include BAS and BAH because that was income paid directly to me and then I bought food and paid rent with it. Just like I get the 19k for first year here and I have to take from that and pay rent and buy food and pay everything else with it.
We used to even have this thing on our Marine website called statement of military compensation or something to that effect which broke down line by line what you actually are "paid"
It was a joke but it put me around 70K because it factored things in like the typical cost of medical and dental for the familiy which was free and a few other things I cant remember or remember my password to get on and post them. I would though.
Congrats on your last day of AD.
As for the moolah.....
$50,496 yearly pay in the military (base pay not counting TAD or deployments)
$18,900 yearly pay in the airlines (min guarantee no per diem)
$31,596 total loss