Royal Air Force Pay Scales 2023: The Complete List Ranks & Salary

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An up-to-date pay scales for the Royal Air Force in 2023.

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RAF Pay Scales 2023

This page is useful for people that want to view the up-to-date pay scales for Royal Air Force in 2023.

Please note, pay scales are update annually and the figures below are as accurate as possible.

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Royal Air Force Pay Chart 2023

OF6 – Air Commodores
OF5 – Group Captain
OF4 – Wing Commander
OF3 – Squadron Leader
OF2 – Flight Lieutenant
OF1 – Flying Officer
R5 – Warrant Officer
R4 – Flight Sergeant
R3 – Sergeant
R2 – Corporal
R1 – Junior Technician

RAF Officer Pay

Air Commodore Salary

The table below indicates the salary of an Air Commodore in the RAF.

RANGE AND RANK	STEP	ANNUAL
OF-6 Air Commodore	Step 5	£113,794
OF-6 Air Commodore	Step 4	£112,688
OF-6 Air Commodore	Step 3	£111,581
OF-6 Air Commodore	Step 2	£110,475
OF-6 Air Commodore	Step 1	£109,368

Group Captain Salary

The table below indicates the salary of a Group Captain in the RAF.

RANGE AND RANK	STEP	ANNUAL
OF-5 Group Captain	Step 7	£100,888
OF-5 Group Captain	Step 6	£99,369
OF-5 Group Captain	Step 5	£97,851
OF-5 Group Captain	Step 4	£96,332
OF-5 Group Captain	Step 3	£94,814
OF-5 Group Captain	Step 2	£93,295
OF-5 Group Captain	Step 1	£91,776

Wing Commander Salary

The table below indicates the salary of a Wing Commander in the RAF.

RANGE AND RANK	STEP	ANNUAL
OF-4 Wing Commander	Step 7	£87,716
OF-4 Wing Commander	Step 6	£85,723
OF-4 Wing Commander	Step 5	£83,729
OF-4 Wing Commander	Step 4	£81,735
OF-4 Wing Commander	Step 3	£79,741
OF-4 Wing Commander	Step 2	£77,753
OF-4 Wing Commander	Step 1	£75,754

Squadron Leader Salary

The table below indicates the salary of a Squadron Leader in the RAF.

RANGE AND RANK	STEP	ANNUAL
OF-3 Squadron Leader	Step 7	£64,642
OF-3 Squadron Leader	Step 6	£62,865
OF-3 Squadron Leader	Step 5	£61,087
OF-3 Squadron Leader	Step 4	£59,309
OF-3 Squadron Leader	Step 3	£57,531
OF-3 Squadron Leader	Step 2	£55,753
OF-3 Squadron Leader	Step 1	£53,975

Flight Lieutenant Salary

The table below indicates the salary of a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF.

RANGE AND RANK	STEP	ANNUAL
OF-2 Flight Lieutenant	Step 7	£50,957
OF-2 Flight Lieutenant	Step 6	£49,606
OF-2 Flight Lieutenant	Step 5	£48,255
OF-2 Flight Lieutenant	Step 4	£46,904
OF-2 Flight Lieutenant	Step 3	£45,552
OF-2 Flight Lieutenant	Step 2	£44,201
OF-2 Flight Lieutenant	Step 1	£42,850

Flying Officer Salary

The table below indicates the salary of a Flying Officer in the RAF.

RANGE AND RANK	STEP	ANNUAL
OF-1 Flying Officer	Step 5	£36,958
OF-1 Flying Officer	Step 4	£35,784
OF-1 Flying Officer	Step 3	£34,610
OF-1 Flying Officer	Step 2	£33,436
OF-1 Flying Officer	Step 1	£27,818

RANGE AND RANK	STEP	ANNUAL
OF-0	Step 3	£20,793
OF-0	Step 2	£18,823
OF-0	Step 1	£15,864

RAF Other Ranks Pay

RAF Warrant Officer Salary

The table below indicates the salary of a Warrant Officer in the RAF Regiment.

Range & Rank	LEVEL	SUPP 1	SUPP 2	SUPP 3	SUPP 4
RANGE 5 Warrant Officer	OR9-5	£52837	£52837	£52837	£54262
RANGE 5 Warrant Officer	OR9-4	£52301	£52301	£52301	£53779
RANGE 5 Warrant Officer	OR9-3	£51717	£51717	£51717	£53267
RANGE 5 Warrant Officer	OR9-2	£51133	£51133	£51133	£52761
RANGE 5 Warrant Officer	OR9-1	£49842	£49842	£49842	£52314

Flight Sergeant Salary

The table below indicates the salary of a Chief Technician and a Flight Sergeant in the RAF.

Range & Rank	LEVEL	SUPP 1	SUPP 2	SUPP 3	SUPP 4
Chief Technician Flight Sergeant	OR-7-10	£47293	£48792	£49841	£51275
Chief Technician Flight Sergeant	OR-7-9	£46500	£48166	£49545	£50979
Chief Technician Flight Sergeant	OR-7-8	£45725	£47520	£49231	£50664
Chief Technician Flight Sergeant	OR-7-7	£44836	£46870	£48880	£50289
Chief Technician Flight Sergeant	OR-7-6	£43896	£45930	£48191	£49762
Chief Technician Flight Sergeant	OR-7-5	£42953	£44749	£46866	£48407
Chief Technician Flight Sergeant	OR-7-4	£42288	£44085	£45943	£47659
Chief Technician Flight Sergeant	OR-7-3	£41652	£43449	£45142	£46857
Chief Technician Flight Sergeant	OR-7-2	£40994	£42789	£44361	£46078
Chief Technician Flight Sergeant	OR-7-1	£40358	£42056	£43581	£45340

RAF Sergeant Salary

The table below indicates the salary of a Sergeant in the RAF.

Range & Rank	LEVEL	SUPP 1	SUPP 2	SUPP 3	SUPP 4
RANGE 3 Sergeant	OR-6-5	£39556	£41221	£42666	£44365
RANGE 3 Sergeant	OR-6-4	£38609	£40200	£41601	£43227
RANGE 3 Sergeant	OR-6-3	£37672	£39071	£40588	£42132
RANGE 3 Sergeant	OR-6-2	£36747	£38043	£39615	£41049
RANGE 3 Sergeant	OR-6-1	£35854	£37061	£38628	£39896

RAF Corporal Salary

The table below indicates the salary of a Corporal in the RAF.

Range & Rank	LEVEL	SUPP 1	SUPP 2	SUPP 3	SUPP 4
RANGE 2 Corporal	OR-4-5	£34139	£35285	£36775	£37875
RANGE 2 Corporal	OR-4-4	£33660	£34807	£36120	£37132
RANGE 2 Corporal	OR-4-3	£33206	£34338	£35375	£36263
RANGE 2 Corporal	OR-4-2	£32721	£33668	£34597	£35432
RANGE 2 Corporal	OR-4-1	£31870	£32797	£33699	£34536

Aircraftman Salary

The table below indicates the salary of an Aircraftman in the RAF.

Range & Rank	LEVEL	SUPP 1	SUPP 2	SUPP 3	SUPP 4
Junior Technician Aircraftman Senior Aircraftman Leading Aircraftman	OR-2-9	£29921	£30748	£31397	£32009
Junior Technician Aircraftman Senior Aircraftman Leading Aircraftman	OR-2-8	£28592	£29342	£29916	£30445
Junior Technician Aircraftman Senior Aircraftman Leading Aircraftman	OR-2-7	£27327	£27961	£28507	£29004
Junior Technician Aircraftman Senior Aircraftman Leading Aircraftman	OR-2-6	£26137	£26656	£27202	£27549
Junior Technician Aircraftman Senior Aircraftman Leading Aircraftman	OR-2-5	£24981	£25340	£25790	£26124
Junior Technician Aircraftman Senior Aircraftman Leading Aircraftman	OR-2-4	£23825	£24092	£24451	£24785
Junior Technician Aircraftman Senior Aircraftman Leading Aircraftman	OR-2-3	£22641	£22908	£23185	£23185
Junior Technician Aircraftman Senior Aircraftman Leading Aircraftman	OR-2-2	£21230	£21230	£21230	£21230
Junior Technician Aircraftman Senior Aircraftman Leading Aircraftman	OR-2-1	£20400	£20400	£20400	£20400

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