Beth J. Asch

1 week ago | rand.org | Beth J. Asch |Jessie Wang

Key Findings From 2018 to 2020, Army pay growth exceeded the change in cost of living nationally. However, in 2021 and 2022, exceptionally high inflation levels resulted in cost-of-living increases that exceeded the growth in Army pay nationally.

1 month ago | rand.org | Michael G. Mattock |Beth J. Asch |Jason Ward |Samuel Absher

Key Findings Average regular military compensation has exceeded the 70th percentile benchmark since the early 2000s; this finding suggests that a higher benchmark could be appropriate, although the services have experienced strong retention overall and methods other than pay, such as increasing advertising and the number of recruiters, are more cost-effective recruiting resource tools.