Military personnel’s salary includes basic salary and various subsidies.
The basic salary is calculated based on rank and military age. The higher the rank and military age, the higher the salary, but the salary at the first level will not differ much. The biggest difference is in various subsidies. Subsidies include housing subsidies, regional living subsidies, special work subsidies, etc. For example, for a deputy company officer on a Navy surface ship, the subsidy for each time he goes to sea to perform a mission is 12 yuan/hour. If he goes to sea for 10 hours a day, it is 120 yuan. If he goes to sea for 20 days a month, he will get 2,400 yuan, plus the basic salary of 2,500 yuan. Coupled with miscellaneous subsidies such as housing provident fund, book and newspaper fees, health fees, etc., the total is more than 6,000 yuan a month. This is someone who just graduated from military school and just started working.
For soldiers engaged in flying, missile launching, or submarine work, the special job allowance is even higher, so a monthly salary of tens of thousands is normal for them.
The salary of army soldiers is relatively small because they do not have special subsidies. The monthly salary of battalion-level cadres is about 4,000.
Soldiers are the name given to military personnel serving in the national army, including combatants and non-combatants, similar to ancient warriors and knights. Its responsibilities are to safeguard national security, protect and guard the country's borders, stabilize the government and society, and sometimes participate in non-combatant work including disaster relief.
After the 15th century, with the extensive use of firearms, infantry became the main force in Europe, and companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, etc. became formal units. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in November 1948, the entire army implemented a unified organization. Columns were renamed armies, and regiments were set up above the armies. Prepared according to the principle of "Three-Three Systems". The Chinese People's Liberation Army has entered a new stage of revolutionization, modernization and regularization.
In terms of military establishment, based on the principle of combining centralization and unification with local conditions, the organizational sequence of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Second Artillery Corps and the names of the organic units at all levels were determined respectively. After several reforms, a formation conducive to The establishment of a relatively scientific synthetic army for combat and management. The organization of the armies of other countries in the world has also gone through roughly the same development process. In the cold weapon era, the army was mainly organized into chariots, infantry and cavalry. The organization was closely related to the usual combat method - dense phalanx.
Reference materials:
Soldiers—Baidu Encyclopedia