Table D-15.  Percentage of Active Component Enlisted Members by Service in Grades E1-E3 and E4-E6, FYs 1973-2017
  Percent E1-E3   Percent E4-E6
FISCAL YEAR ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD ARMY NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD
1973 45.06 38.27 59.00 29.27 39.91 45.26 51.95 33.54 60.68 50.48
1974 39.80 39.90 54.86 29.66 38.31 51.06 50.34 37.31 60.12 52.21
1975 39.61 39.41 55.30 32.51 39.13 51.24 51.25 37.22 57.46 51.59
1976 37.96 39.83 53.45 34.45 39.02 52.95 51.02 38.97 55.39 51.74
1977 37.96 39.83 53.45 34.45 39.02 52.95 51.02 38.97 55.39 51.74
1978 35.92 38.93 54.61 34.87 38.24 54.90 51.77 37.71 55.04 52.45
1979 36.59 38.36 56.48 34.40 38.39 54.00 52.45 35.89 55.44 52.24
1980 37.05 37.62 56.83 33.92 38.30 53.72 53.48 35.88 55.78 52.46
1981 34.94 37.93 55.44 34.32 37.55 55.56 52.93 37.35 55.50 53.09
1982 34.27 37.64 50.24 35.64 37.08 55.72 53.40 42.18 54.12 53.36
1983 34.23 36.08 49.75 34.87 36.40 55.30 55.21 42.26 54.79 53.88
1984 31.20 35.06 50.75 34.44 35.00 58.25 56.05 41.19 55.07 55.16
1985 29.56 33.46 51.03 31.05 33.11 59.64 57.11 40.96 58.25 56.77
1986 29.97 33.56 49.95 30.82 33.12 59.30 56.99 41.79 58.26 56.70
1987 30.07 33.65 49.85 29.75 32.88 59.00 56.99 41.92 59.34 56.89
1988 28.09 32.82 49.53 26.94 31.23 61.32 57.75 42.09 61.62 58.51
1989 29.43 33.25 48.58 23.73 30.93 59.93 57.19 43.08 64.80 58.75
1990 28.63 31.51 49.09 21.60 29.80 60.08 58.52 42.60 66.23 59.38
1991 24.63 31.08 48.93 21.37 28.25 63.62 58.87 42.75 66.14 60.67
1992 25.62 28.68 49.36 21.41 28.10 62.00 60.57 42.03 65.42 60.23
1993 24.83 28.99 49.63 21.89 28.14 62.53 60.35 41.56 64.73 60.07
1994 26.22 29.17 49.06 22.57 28.82 60.67 60.18 42.67 63.92 59.26
1995 23.83 29.36 49.65 23.46 28.51 63.33 60.08 41.80 63.34 59.74
1996 27.40 29.66 50.49 23.61 30.08 59.19 59.53 41.17 63.02 57.92
1997 29.11 29.72 50.53 24.22 30.85 57.93 59.05 41.04 62.48 57.18
1998 30.16 30.08 48.13 25.27 31.30 57.18 59.01 43.21 61.54 56.92
1999 29.17 30.35 49.31 26.25 31.47 58.05 59.38 41.92 60.74 56.92
2000 30.32 30.03 49.95 27.81 32.27 56.96 59.63 41.40 58.95 56.08
2001 33.58 29.78 49.19 27.58 33.17 54.16 59.59 42.14 59.01 55.22
2002 29.88 29.66 49.33 28.19 31.97 57.44 59.61 42.01 57.95 56.13
2003 27.09 28.84 49.25 28.25 30.80 60.54 60.26 42.18 58.62 57.54
2004 27.03 27.77 50.02 27.28 30.37 60.55 61.30 41.48 60.04 58.07
2005 26.47 27.49 48.01 22.91 28.91 60.99 61.31 44.04 63.89 59.40
2006 27.02 27.55 46.66 22.58 28.85 60.42 60.75 45.23 64.03 59.24
2007 27.47 27.05 45.44 24.00 29.19 60.09 60.99 46.61 63.00 59.02
2008 26.76 26.82 47.38 25.03 29.55 60.95 61.58 44.89 61.82 58.83
2009 25.52 26.33 46.80 25.45 28.99 62.08 62.14 45.31 61.64 59.40
2010 24.98 29.47 46.40 25.76 29.46 62.97 59.63 45.48 61.23 59.14
2011 24.23 29.25 44.61 25.32 28.73 63.57 59.91 47.08 61.95 59.86
2012 22.46 27.25 46.48 24.52 27.72 64.79 61.86 45.18 62.55 60.59
2013 24.16 26.98 47.43 23.92 28.36 62.66 62.07 44.35 62.91 59.75
2014 24.18 27.99 43.57 22.99 27.81 62.28 60.81 48.20 63.80 60.11
2015 23.83 26.34 44.53 21.88 27.16 62.99 62.50 47.37 65.47 61.06
2016 25.30 26.92 45.58 24.59 28.65 61.65 61.63 46.08 62.76 59.52
2017 26.55 26.67 45.50 27.24 29.65   60.76 61.92 46.02 60.16 58.64
   
Note:  The percentage of enlisted members in grades E7-E9 is 1 minus the sum of the percentages in grades E1-E3 and E4-E6.
Source: Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).