W-1
Military abbreviation · Military Pay Grade
| Stands for | Warrant officer pay grade 1 |
|---|---|
| Categories | Military |
W-1 stands for Warrant officer pay grade 1, a military pay grade abbreviation.
Entry warrant officer pay grade, held by Army Warrant Officers 1 (WO1) and Marine Corps Warrant Officers (WO). Holders are appointed by warrant rather than commission and serve as technical specialists, from helicopter pilots to communications experts.
Example: Flight school graduates are paid at W-1 until promotion to CW2 about two years later.
Usage notes
The Navy and Coast Guard have generally appointed warrant officers directly at W-2. The Air Force stopped appointing warrant officers in 1959, and its last warrant officers retired in the early 1990s. NATO uses its own WO-1 to WO-5 codes for warrant officers.
Related abbreviations
More military pay grade abbreviations
- E-1 – Enlisted pay grade 1
- E-2 – Enlisted pay grade 2
- E-3 – Enlisted pay grade 3
- E-4 – Enlisted pay grade 4
- E-5 – Enlisted pay grade 5
- E-6 – Enlisted pay grade 6
- E-7 – Enlisted pay grade 7
- E-8 – Enlisted pay grade 8
- E-9 – Enlisted pay grade 9
- O-1 – Officer pay grade 1
- O-10 – Officer pay grade 10
- O-1E – Officer pay grade 1 with prior enlisted service