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ROYAL AIR FORCE PAY SCALES

(April 2020 - March 2021)
updated August 2020

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