Shortfalls in some of the military services' recruiting goals for fiscal year 2023 demonstrate the challenges that lie ahead for the all-volunteer force, the Defense Department's acting undersecretary
It's not that the US Military pays it's troops a "middle-class" wage , it's that troops in general come from middle-class families and communities.
Also a lot of the compensation is housing and healthcare, so them making 34k is maybe more comparable to someone getting paid 50-60k depending on the housing market where they are.
It's not that the US Military pays it's troops a "middle-class" wage , it's that troops in general come from middle-class families and communities
This is what i was saying, though reading my post i can see that was unclear. My scant data shows demographics of enlisted prior to enlisting is 60% 34-80k and 20% below that bracket.
Ahh gotcha - yeah I got my info from a CFR report that basically says the same thing, but the breakdown was by median household income:
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/demographics-us-military
It's not that the US Military pays it's troops a "middle-class" wage , it's that troops in general come from middle-class families and communities.
Also a lot of the compensation is housing and healthcare, so them making 34k is maybe more comparable to someone getting paid 50-60k depending on the housing market where they are.
This is what i was saying, though reading my post i can see that was unclear. My scant data shows demographics of enlisted prior to enlisting is 60% 34-80k and 20% below that bracket.
Ahh gotcha - yeah I got my info from a CFR report that basically says the same thing, but the breakdown was by median household income: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/demographics-us-military