HPSP, Salary during active duty after dental school

[IamSpiderman]

So i know HPSP pays for your tuition and gives you living expenses during dental school, but there is very little information about the salary you get after you graduate and start working for the military. How much do you get paid??

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[yappy]

start off as 03 rate + various living and dental specific bonuses. I have heard it comes to ~100k + medical coverage.

 

[DMDWANNABEE]

start off as 03 rate + various living and dental specific bonuses. I have heard it comes to ~100k + medical coverage.

I thought it worked out to around 80K + benefits. Is that wrong?

 

[NOLAdentist2016]

I've heard about 80-85K/year + benefits.

 

[vellnueve]

Variable based on location, prior experience or military service, and marital status/number of dependents.

 

[2th Doc]

I found this link somewhere and thought it was quite useful and specific to each location:

http://militarytimes.com/money/pay_charts/

The one thing it doesn't seem to take into account is special dental/medical pay like VSP and ASP. So, I'm just guessing here (someone please correct me if I'm wrong or missing anything)... but if you take an average housing allowance, your monthly pay would look something like this straight out of school:

$3771.30 - BASIC
$239.96 - BAS
$1850 - BAH
$250 - VSP
$833.33 - ASP
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$6944.59 - TOTAL ($83335.12 annually; BAS/BAH are non-taxable)

 

[vellnueve]

ASP is an annual lump sum. The new IP plan is monthly.

 

[2th Doc]

ASP is an annual lump sum. The new IP plan is monthly.

Correct, I was just dividing it to keep everything monthly. So is IP going to replace ASP?

edit: just read something that the new IP will replace VSP and ASP (around $13k/yr combined) and will be around $20k/yr, does that sound right? A $7k raise would be great.

 

[vellnueve]

It's more in the short term, after about 10 years or so ASP looks better. I expect ASP will no longer be available soon.