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Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Little evidence exists on the extent of income losses or gains experienced by reservists when activated in support of a contingency. In the absence of individual data on civilian earnings, this study sought to identify those categories of reservists by civilian occupation and military pay grade that may have the largest expected income losses. The authors sought to determine if typical reservists in different civilian occupations tend to suffer income losses or experience income gains from being called to active duty. They accomplished this by comparing the median active duty military incomes of Reserve component members from a given civilian occupation with the median civilian earnings for all civilians in that occupation. Military income medians were computed for 597 groups of reservists representing over 48,000 reservists who served on active duty in 2003. The reservists were divided into 270 different civilian occupations and 4 military categories: officers with college bachelor's degrees, junior enlisted without bachelor's degrees, senior enlisted without bachelor's degrees, and senior enlisted with bachelor's degrees. DoD provided the military earnings, degree status, and self-reported civilian occupations. The earnings data allowed the authors to determine the amount of each reservist's military income not subject to federal taxation. They added the estimated tax advantage to military earnings so these earnings would be comparable with civilian pre-tax earnings. Civilian earnings medians by occupation and education for 2003 were computed using data from the 2000 Census and the March 2004 Current Population Survey. Median civilian earnings in most occupations were less than median military incomes while on active duty. Occupations with median earnings losses for officers included physicians and surgeons, lawyers, and dentists; occupations with losses for senior enlisted personnel with bachelor's degrees included engineers, managers, and other professionals.
