37 U.S.C. § 201
Pay grades: assignment to; general rules
United States · Title 37 — PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES · Status: effective
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Pay grade
Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force
Navy, Coast Guard, and
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Public Health Service
O–10
General
Admiral
Assistant Secretary for Health.
O–9
Lieutenant general
Vice admiral
Surgeon General.
O–8
Major general
Rear admiral
Deputy Surgeon General.
Assistant Surgeon General having rank of major general.
O–7
Brigadier general
Rear admiral (lower half)
Assistant Surgeon General having rank of brigadier general.
O–6
Colonel
Captain
Director grade.
O–5
Lieutenant colonel
Commander
Senior grade.
O–4
Major
Lieutenant commander
Full grade.
O–3
Captain
Lieutenant
Senior assistant grade.
O–2
1st lieutenant
Lieutenant (junior grade)
Assistant grade.
O–1
2d lieutenant
Ensign
Junior assistant grade.
Pay Grade:
Warrant Officer Grade:
W–5
Chief Warrant Officer, W–5.
W–4
Chief Warrant Officer, W–4.
W–3
Chief Warrant Officer, W–3.
W–2
Chief Warrant Officer, W–2.
W–1
Warrant Officer, W–1.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1978House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Nurse Training Amendments of 1979House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An act to amend title 10, United States Code, to revise and standardize the provisions of law relating to appointment, promotion, separation, and mandatory retirement of regular commissioned officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, to establish the permanent grade of commodore admiral in the Navy, to equalize the treatment of female commissioned officers with that of male commissioned officers, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1982House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Vaccine and Immunization Amendments of 1990House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Persian Gulf Conflict Supplemental Authorization and Personnel Benefits Act of 1991House: 396–4Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006House: 374–41Senate: no recorded tally
- William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026House: 312–112Senate: no recorded tally