Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer 3 Pay for 2026

W-3 military pay grade

$5,223 entry monthly basic pay

$9,163 top monthly basic pay

Same pay grade across the services. Chief Warrant Officer 3 is the Coast Guard name for pay grade W-3. The same basic-pay table is used across the services at that pay grade. Open the pay-grade page if you want the grade-first view instead.

How to read Chief Warrant Officer 3 pay

Years of service run down the left side of the table. This page uses the Coast Guard rank title, but the numbers are the same published basic-pay rates used for pay grade W-3 across the services.

Start with the service bracket that matches the official pay chart for your career stage. Then read across the row to see the monthly basic pay rate for Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer 3. Housing allowance, subsistence, and any special pays sit on top of this table.

Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer 3 monthly basic pay

Years of service	Chief Warrant Officer 3 W-3
<2	$5,223.30
Over 2	$5,440.50
Over 3	$5,664.30
Over 4	$5,736.90
Over 6	$5,970.90
Over 8	$6,431.10
Over 10	$6,910.50
Over 12	$7,136.40
Over 14	$7,397.70
Over 16	$7,665.90
Over 18	$8,150.40
Over 20	$8,476.50
Over 22	$8,671.80
Over 24	$8,879.70
Over 26	$9,162.60
Over 28	$9,162.60
Over 30	$9,162.60
Over 32	$9,162.60
Over 34	$9,162.60
Over 36	$9,162.60
Over 38	$9,162.60
Over 40	$9,162.60

At the top end, the daily basic-pay equivalent is roughly $305.42, based on 1/30 of monthly basic pay.

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Pay history for W-3

This history list keeps the same pay grade together across the archive so you can see how monthly basic pay at this rank has moved over time.

2026 $5,223 to $9,163
2025 $5,032 to $8,827
2024 $4,816 to $8,447
2023 $4,578 to $8,030
2022 $4,376 to $7,676
2021 $4,261 to $7,475
2020 $4,137 to $7,257
2019 $4,013 to $7,039
2018 $3,911 to $6,860
2017 $3,819 to $6,699

Equivalent ranks in other branches

Basic pay is the same at W-3 across the services. These links show the branch-specific rank titles that sit on the same underlying pay grade.

Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 W-3 Navy Chief Warrant Officer 3 W-3 Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 3 W-3

What this page does and does not show

It shows monthly basic pay for Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer 3. It does not include housing allowance, subsistence, special pays, taxes, or deductions.

To add allowances, open the military calculator or the BAH and BAS page.

At the current top step, annual basic pay reaches $109,951.