NW RFCA

Territorial Army Pay Structure

Basic Rates of Pay

As a volunteer with the Reserve Forces you receive the same basic rates of pay as your Regular counterpart whilst you are on duty. You may also be entitled to travelling expenses. There are three qualifying pay periods :

a) A whole day's pay for duties of eight hours duration or longer.
b) A half day's pay for duties of four to eight hours duration.
c) A quarter day's pay for attending duties of two to four hours duration.

Example of Territorial Army Minimum Daily Rates of Pay :

	Officers	Level
	Officer Cadet	£36.43
	Second Lieutenant	£57.58
	Lieutenant	£69.21
	Captain	£88.69
	Major	£111.72
	Lieutenant Colonel	£156.80

Soliders	Level	As of April 2007
New Entrant		£31.92
Private *	1	£39.80
Lance Corporal *	5	£48.14
Corporal *	1	£61.77
Sergeant	1	£70.20
Staff Sergeant	<1	£77.71
Warrent Officer 2	5	£84.32
Warrent Officer 1	1	£90.29

*or eqivalent rank

Pay is subject to tax and the deduction of National Insurance contributions which, under certain circumstances, may be reclaimed. Pay varies according to rank, trade and type of commitment.

Annual Bounty

In addition, you can receive a tax free bonus, known as a bounty. The bounty varies depending on your unit and commitment but the majority start with £395 per year, rising to £1,556 after five years satisfactory service. To earn your bounty you have to attend a minimum amount of training, including your two week annual camp, and have passed certain basic military tests.

EXAMPLES OF BOUNTIES AS AT 1st April 2007
(All Bounties are subject to meeting annual training requirements)

	1st Year	2nd Year	3rd Year	5th Year
Group A - Higher Commitments	£395	£868	£1,341	£1,556
Group A - Lower Commitments	-	£479	£743	£868
Group B - Officers Training Corps	£135	£157	£191	£191

Call out gratuity	£473

Sponsored Reserve

Sponsored reserve bounty is based on the group A full training bounty, the rate varying between 50% and 100% of the new rates according to the new training committment.

Training Nights

Attendance on training nights is paid at the rate of one quarter of a days pay for each training night attended.

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