U.S. Navy Enlisted Monthly Pay, 1943

Pay Grade	Classification	Base Pay ($)	Years of Service
			Over
			3	6	9	12	15	18	21	24	27	30
1st	Chief Petty Officers, Permanent appointment Chief Petty Officers, Acting appointment	138.00 126.00	144.90 132.30	151.80 138.60	158.70 144.90	165.60 151.20	172.50 157.50	179.40 163.80	186.30 170.10	193.20 176.40	200.10 182.70	207.00 189.00
2d	Petty Officers, First class Stewards, First class Cooks, First class	114.00	119.70	125.40	131.10	136.80	142.50	148.20	153.90	159.60	165.30	171.00
3d	Petty Officers, Second class Stewards, Second class Cooks, Second class	96.00	100.80	105.60	110.40	115.20	120.00	124.80	129.60	134.40	139.20	144.00
4th	Petty Officers, Third class Stewards, Third class Cooks, Third class	78.00	81.90	85.80	89.70	93.60	97.50	101.40	105.30	109.20	113.10	117.00
5th	Seaman, First class Fireman, First class Hospital apprentice, First class Bugler, First class Steward's mate, First class	66.00	69.30	72.60	75.90	79.20	82.50	85.80	89.10	92.40	95.70	99.00
6th	Seaman, Second class Fireman, Second class Hospital apprentice, Second class Bugler, Second class Steward's mate, Second class	54.00	56.70	59.40	62.10	64.80	67.50	70.20	72.90	75.60	78.30	81.00
7th	Apprentice seaman Steward's mate, Third class	50.00	52.50	55.00	57.50	60.00	62.50	65.00	67.50	70.00	72.50	75.00

1. For purposed of computing longevity pay of enlisted men, all periods of service (active and inactive) during which they were enlisted in or have held commissions or have held appointments as warrant officers or Army Field Clerks in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Public Health Service, Organized Militia prior to July 1, 1916, active National Guard (of the several States, Territories and the District of Columbia), National Guard Reserve, National Guard of the United States, Officers Reserve Corps of the Army, Naval Militia, National Naval Volunteers, Naval Reserve Force, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve Force, Marine Corps Reserve, Coast Guard Reserve, Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service, Philippine Scouts, and Philippine Constabulary, Regular Army Reserve, Medical Reserve Corps of the Navy, Dental Reserve Corps of the Navy, Enlisted Reserve Corps, shall be counted.

2. Base pay is payable only to enlisted men with less than 3 years of service. All other enlisted men are entitled to the pay show in the appropriate columns, i.e., base pay plus an increase of 5 percent for each 3 years of service up to 30 years.

Source:
Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officer of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, July 1, 1945, NAVPERS 15013; Washington, Government Printing Office, 1945.