The grade bonus for military personnel is a very significant and effective incentive for good and conscientious service. You can’t go far on a military salary. The salary of the military becomes attractive precisely because of these incentive payments. In recent years, legislation in this area has undergone significant changes. There is a tendency to simplify the mechanism and increase the transparency of the accrual of class bonuses for military personnel under a contract. This article discusses the basic rules, rules and regulations for bonuses for officers and officers of the Russian army.
General Provisions
The presence of coolness in the military not only improves his financial situation, but also creates the prerequisites and prospects for promotion on the career ladder. Today, the salary of a third-class military specialist is rising by five percent. But the master can count on an increase in the salary of thirty percent. Depending on the position and rank, these payments can range from 2.5 thousand to 25 thousand Russian rubles. It should be noted that the salaries of people who are in military service are approved by order of the Minister of Defense of Russia.
The procedure for the payment of cash compensation
The bonus for class to the military personnel serving under the contract is charged from the first day of taking up the post. As for the soldiers and military officers, they will receive a promotion only from the first of the next month.
When assigning a class to a soldier, monetary remuneration is calculated from the date of approval of the order on assignment of a new class. If a soldier or officer has committed a serious misconduct, then, along with other penalties, the leadership has the right to lower class to the military man. In this case, the premium is calculated from earnings. It should be noted that the accrual of additional payments is possible only if the soldier occupies a position providing for premiums for class. Thus, even if an officer has a certain class, then he cannot always count on an increase in wages. In such cases, this award will be accrued only from the date of signing the order of appointment to the relevant position.
The specialty in which the class is assigned is also important. Thus, when transferring a specialist to a new place of work (part, connection), the monthly premium for classroom qualifications may not be saved. These payments are renewed only after signing the corresponding order on the assignment (confirmation) of a class in a new specialty. Often this procedure is just a formality. However, in some cases, these issues receive close attention.
If a soldier has the right to receive several allowances for wages on several grounds, then the amount of the allowance is calculated by summing up all allowances. Moreover, the total size of the allowances may not exceed 100 percent of the official salary.
If a serviceman temporarily performs duties in a position providing for the payment of a wage supplement, these payments shall be made for the entire term of office. And vice versa, if a monthly allowance is provided for the main position of a soldier, but he temporarily performs duties for a position for which such an allowance is not provided, then the allowance is not paid.
The value of military salaries by rank
Naturally, the salary, as well as the premium for class to the military personnel, directly depends on the military rank and varies over a wide range. So, for an ordinary or a sailor, he is five thousand rubles. With an increase in title, salary also rises. The Marshal of the Russian Federation, he is 30,000 rubles. Zhukov at one time said that he and the foremen only command the entire Red Army, and the rest of the apparatus only helps them. This is a very bold statement. After all, the army is a very complex mechanism, and in modern conditions the entire personnel plays an important role.
The salary of the second lieutenant is 9,500 rubles, the captain 11,000 rubles, the major 11,500 rubles, the colonel 13,000 rubles, the major general 20,000 rubles and the army general 27,000 rubles. This is not a complete list of military ranks, but it gives an idea of the real salaries and bonuses for classiness of military personnel.
The amount of military salaries by position
Military salaries by position and rank are not proportional. In most cases, the bonus for the position held is several times higher than the salary in rank.
Least of all, of course, receive the initial positions of rank and file (soldiers and sailors). So, a shooter, a camouflage officer and other specialties of ordinary soldiers receive an increase in the position of 10,000 rubles.
The higher the position, the higher the salary. So, the division commander receives 15 thousand rubles, the platoon commander (tank or motorized rifle) - 20,000 rubles, the company commander - 22,000 rubles, the battalion commander (artillery division) - 24,000 rubles, the combined-arms army staff officer - 24,500 rubles, staff officer military district and deputy regiment commander - 25,000 rubles, senior staff officer of the army - 25,500 rubles, senior officer of one of the departments of the Ministry of Defense (equated to the commander of a frigate or destroyer) - 28,000 rubles.
The salary for the post of First Deputy Minister of Defense is 45 00 rubles. This is the highest bar.
Lifetime allowance
In addition to the salary for the position and the premium for class, the military may be accrued numerous other types of premiums. Follow them. The most common and widely used is the length of service allowance.
Military personnel who have served from two to five years receive a salary supplement of 10% of the official salary. With an increase in seniority, the size of payments also increases. The size of the allowance may also be 40 percent of the official salary. For this, the military must give thirty years or more to the service.
State Secret Bonus
Depending on the degree of importance and secrecy of the information with which the military personnel work, they may have different increases in wages. So, in accordance with the order of the Minister of Defense, soldiers and officers who have access and work with information of special importance, receive a bonus of 25% of the salary for the post. The premium for working with information under the heading “Top Secret” is 20%. For work with information under the heading "secret", the allowance of a soldier is 10%.
It should be noted that the listed size of the allowances may vary by decision of the higher command in a big way. In some cases, the amount of such payments can reach 65% of the salary for the position. The amount of the bonus depends on the amount of information that a particular official has documented access to, as well as on the time period for classifying information and the amount of work.
Beginning of payment of allowance for work with state secrets
The basis for calculating the allowance for working with classified information is the order of the unit commander. This document is drawn up in most military units at the beginning of the calendar year.The order contains specific information about all persons with access to state secret and classified information, their positions and titles, the size of payments, and so on.
Extra allowance for work experience in military units and units protecting state secrets
Those soldiers who serve in state secret protection structures, in addition to the allowance for working with classified information, also receive an additional allowance for working in such units. The size of such payments is tied to the service life in these units. The maximum allowance is twenty percent (10 years or more of service life).
Remuneration for special conditions of military service
Another type of material incentive and incentive for military personnel is an allowance for difficult conditions of service. Such allowances are charged to all crew members of submarines and surface cruisers, members of crews of deep-sea vehicles, military personnel of deep-sea stations, members of crews of submarines not launched (at the final stage of construction), teaching staff of educational institutions for the training of crew members and nuclear specialists submarines, flight crews of military aircraft and helicopters. All listed categories receive a bonus of 100% of the official salary.
The following categories of military personnel receive 50 percent of the salary allowance: all, without exception, crew members of military surface ships and other watercraft, officers of the command of naval forces (surface and underwater), military divers, military personnel of special and special forces, military intelligence and counterintelligence officers, Airborne troops and paratroopers.
A separate decree may also approve allowances in the amount of up to 50% of the salary for other categories of military personnel.
Twenty percent of the allowance is received by the heads of units and commanders of military units, military personnel of airborne aviation units and formations, crew members of special-purpose equipment and instructors for training in special military equipment, personnel for servicing nuclear reactors of ships and submarines, specialists with knowledge of one or more foreign languages.
A bonus of 10 percent is provided for servicemen who serve in the cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as in the Leningrad and Moscow regions.
A separate type is the allowance for completing tasks and completing service in conditions of significant risk to health and life. The size of such an allowance may reach 100% of the official salary. Thus, in peacetime, divers, military personnel of special and special forces can be encouraged when working in water under ice cover, when working in viscous and contaminated soil, in conditions of significant currents, at low temperatures, and when water is contaminated with oil products.
Cessation of payments for work with classified information
The indicated allowances cease to be accrued to military personnel from the day after the withdrawal of access to information representing state secret or after the expiration of the period for access to the specified information. Most often this is due to the departure of a soldier in the reserve. In rare cases, payments cease after being transferred to a soldier to another position.
Percentage grade bonus for military personnel
In accordance with the law, every soldier or officer has the right to pass the qualification exam in the prescribed manner. We are talking about tests for confirmation of classroom qualifications by military personnel. Depending on his skills and abilities, a soldier can qualify for one of four classes - 1, 2, 3 and “master”.
The appropriation of the qualification “master” entails an increase in the monetary allowance of a soldier by thirty percent of the salary for the position. The premium for a first-class specialist is twenty percent. Specialists of the second and first classes receive, respectively, ten and five percent of the salary increase.
Skill allowances for military personnel
In contrast to the ground forces, pilots and flight personnel (for example flight engineers) are not assigned classes, but categories. The highest qualification category for military pilots is “sniper”. The increase in monetary allowance for servicemen with this category is thirty percent of the salary for the position held.
Skill allowances for non-combatant medical officers
Military doctors, like pilots, are not assigned classes, but categories. The maximum allowance is also thirty percent. A monetary reward in this amount is paid to military doctors with the highest category. Officers and support staff with a lower category receive, respectively, 20, 10 and 5 percent of the salary allowance for the post. If a military medic has several qualification categories in different specialties, then the premium is charged at a higher level.