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ROYAL AIR FORCE PAY SCALES

(April 2021 - March 2022)
The AFPRB won't report until May 2022 and the MoD may not make its decision immediately, meaning any pay award will likely be back dated to the start of the 2022 Financial year.

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

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

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

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

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

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

OF-0		Step 3	£20,793
		Step 2	£18,823
		Step 1	£15,864

OTHER RANKS

RANK

LEVEL

SUPP 1

SUPP 2

SUPP 3

SUPP 4

RANGE 5
(OR-9)
Warrant Officer

OR9-5

£52,837

£54,262

OR9-4

£52,301

£53,779

OR9-3

£51,717

£53,267

OR9-2

£51,133

£52,761

OR9-1

£49,842

£52,314

RANGE 4
(OR-7 - OR-8)
Flight Sergeant

Chief Technician

OR-7-10

£47,293

£48,792

£49,841

£51,275

OR-7-9

£46,500

£48,166

£49,545

£50,979

OR-7-8

£45,725

£47,520

£49,231

£50,664

OR-7-7

£44,836

£46,870

£48,880

£50,289

OR-7-6

£43,896

£45,930

£48,191

£49,762

OR-7-5

£42,953

£44,749

£46,866

£48,407

OR-7-4

£42,288

£44,085

£45,943

£47,659

OR-7-3

£41,652

£43,449

£45,142

£46,857

OR-7-2

£40,994

£42,789

£44,361

£46,078

OR-7-1

£40,358

£42,056

£43,581

£45,340

RANGE 3
(OR-6)
Sergeant

OR-6-5

£39,556

£41,221

£42,666

£44,365

OR-6-4

£38,609

£40,200

£41,601

£43,227

OR-6-3

£37,672

£39,071

£40,588

£42,132

OR-6-2

£36,747

£38,043

£39,615

£41,049

OR-6-1

£35,854

£37,061

£38,628

£39,896

RANGE 2
(OR-4)
Corporal

OR-4-5

£34,139

£35,285

£36,775

£37,875

OR-4-4

£33,660

£34,807

£36,120

£37,132

OR-4-3

£33,206

£34,338

£35,375

£36,263

OR-4-2

£32,721

£33,668

£34,597

£35,432

OR-4-1

£31,870

£32,797

£33,699

£34,536

RANGE 1
(OR-2 - OR-3)

Junior Technician

Senior Aircraftman

Leading Aircraftman

Aircraftman

OR-2-9

£29,921

£30,748

£31,397

£32,009

OR-2-8

£28,592

£29,342

£29,916

£30,445

OR-2-7

£27,327

£27,961

£28,507

£29,004

OR-2-6

£26,137

£26,656

£27,202

£27,549

OR-2-5

£24,981

£25,340

£25,790

£26,124

OR-2-4

£23,825

£24,092

£24,451

£24,785

OR-2-3

£22,641

£22,908

£23,185

OR-2-2

£21,230

OR-2-1

£20,400

NERP

£15,985