How uniformed officers gain from 1.5 to 2 additional monthly salaries per year – First raise coming in October

On average, the net of the Hellenic Armed Forces and information corps unit volition emergence by the equivalent of 1.5 to 2 other monthly salaries annually successful the coming months, arsenic the government’s announced measures for uniformed officers are gradually implemented. The archetypal rise volition beryllium reflected successful October’s payroll.

According to the economical team, this is the largest wage summation successful astatine slightest the past 20 years.

Changes successful peculiar wage scales

The archetypal rise volition look successful October’s payroll, erstwhile the restructured peculiar wage scales are applied for the archetypal time. Armed forces unit are expected to spot their wage summation by an mean of €145 per month, portion police, fire service, and coast guard unit volition summation astir €111 per month.

It should beryllium noted that the horizontal hazard allowance, introduced successful July, has already raised pay, meaning that successful conscionable 3 months the mean uniformed serviceman has seen their wage summation by much than €200 per month.

Uniformed officers besides payment importantly from the taxation betterment owed to their aboriginal introduction into the labour market.

Next step: January taxation reform

The adjacent milestone is January, erstwhile the taxation betterment announced by the Prime Minister astatine the Thessaloniki International Fair comes into force. The income taxation complaint volition beryllium chopped by 2 percent points successful the 3 brackets betwixt €10,000 and €40,000, reducing taxation withholdings for middle-class employees and pensioners.

Specifically:

– For idiosyncratic incomes betwixt €10,000 and €20,000, the complaint drops to 20% (from 22%).
– For €20,000 to €30,000, the complaint drops to 26% (from 28%).
– For €30,000 to €40,000, the complaint drops to 34% (from 36%).

Families with children volition payment adjacent more, with other alleviation depending connected the fig of children. Young people, however, volition summation the most: those nether 25 are exempt from taxation connected income up to €20,000, portion for those up to 30, the taxation complaint for this bracket is conscionable 9%.

This is peculiarly applicable for equipped forces and information corps members, since graduates of subject and constabulary academies usually participate the occupation marketplace earlier the property of 25, meaning they volition bask these taxation benefits for much years of their moving lives.

Older unit volition besides spot their withholdings reduced, expanding their nett pay, with further benefits if they person dependents.

Examples of wage increases for young uniformed officers aft January’s taxation cuts

Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis presented the pursuing examples:

– Second Lieutenant (entry fertile for graduates of the Hellenic Military Academy), nether 25 years old: Net monthly wage rises from €1,151 successful October to €1,352 successful January, an summation of €201 per month, oregon implicit €2,400 annually.
– Second Lieutenant aged 26–30: Net monthly wage rises from €1,199 to €1,395, an summation of €196 per month, astir €2,400 annually.
– Police sergeant (22 years old, recently graduated, nether 25): Currently earns €947 net, which volition emergence to €1,040 successful January — an summation of €93 per month, oregon astir €1,100 annually.

New rise done the minimum wage

The 4th rise for uniformed officers successful 9 months volition travel successful April, erstwhile the regular summation successful the minimum wage — which present besides applies to the nationalist assemblage — takes effect.

This volition beryllium the sixth summation since 2019 and volition propulsion up some linked allowances and reinstated seniority increments, delivering aggregate benefits to each employees, including uniformed officers, who volition spot some nonstop and indirect improvements successful their pay.

Thanks to these measures, the astir 150,000 unit of the equipped forces and information corps are expected to summation the equivalent of 1.5 to 2 other monthly salaries each twelvemonth connected average.