Budget: Military Pay Raise is 1.6 Percent

President Obama's two-year civilian federal pay freeze does not apply to members of the uniformed military services. They would be in line for a 1.6 percent boost, according to the fiscal 2012 budget.

Under a 2004 law, military salaries must be increased annually at a rate equal to the change in the Employment Cost Index for the private sector's wages. From September 2009 to September 2010, the change in the ECI was 1.6 percent.

The budget also includes $8.3 billion to support military families, "including $1.2 billion to expand availability of affordable, high-quality child care; $4.7 billion to improve servicemembers' quality of life; and $2.4 billion to support and build DOD schools, supporting quality education for military dependents."