| 2008
Air Force Sea Pay Air Force personnel serving in paygrades E-4 and above assigned to sea duty are entitled to career sea pay. In addition, they are entitled to a separate, $100-a-month sea-pay premium for each month in excess of 36 consecutive months at sea. For E-5s through E-9s with more than eight years of sea duty, this premium is embedded in the sea-pay rates. Few if any Air Force personnel qualify for the pay, which is one reason the service's rates have not changed since 1988. The monthly rates currently in effect: |
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| Years of Sea Duty | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paygrade | <1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20+ |
| O-6 | - | - | - | 225 | 230 | 230 | 240 | 255 | 265 | 280 | 290 | 300 | 310 | 310 | 325 | 340 | 355 | 380 |
| O-5 | - | - | - | 225 | 225 | 225 | 225 | 225 | 225 | 225 | 260 | 265 | 265 | 265 | 285 | 300 | 315 | 340 |
| O-4 | - | - | - | 185 | 190 | 200 | 205 | 205 | 205 | 205 | 225 | 225 | 240 | 240 | 270 | 280 | 290 | 300 |
| O-3 | - | - | - | 150 | 160 | 185 | 190 | 195 | 205 | 215 | 225 | 225 | 240 | 240 | 260 | 270 | 280 | 290 |
| O-2 | - | - | - | 150 | 160 | 185 | 190 | 195 | 205 | 215 | 225 | 225 | 240 | 240 | 250 | 260 | 270 | 280 |
| O-1 | - | - | - | 150 | 160 | 185 | 190 | 195 | 205 | 215 | 225 | 225 | 240 | 240 | 250 | 260 | 270 | 280 |
| E-9 | 100 | 100 | 120 | 175 | 190 | 350 | 350 | 375 | 390 | 400 | 400 | 410 | 420 | 450 | 475 | 520 | 520 | 520 |
| E-8 | 100 | 100 | 120 | 175 | 190 | 350 | 350 | 375 | 390 | 400 | 400 | 410 | 420 | 450 | 475 | 500 | 520 | 520 |
| E-7 | 100 | 100 | 120 | 175 | 190 | 350 | 350 | 375 | 390 | 400 | 400 | 410 | 420 | 450 | 475 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| E-6 | 100 | 100 | 120 | 150 | 170 | 315 | 325 | 350 | 350 | 365 | 365 | 365 | 380 | 395 | 410 | 425 | 450 | 450 |
| E-5 | 50 | 60 | 120 | 150 | 170 | 315 | 325 | 350 | 350 | 350 | 350 | 350 | 350 | 350 | 350 | 350 | 350 | 350 |
| E-4 | 50 | 60 | 120 | 150 | 160 | 160 | 160 | 160 | 160 | 160 | 160 | 160 | 160 | 160 | 160 | 160 | 160 | 160 |