Bookmark the Military Pay section of Military.com to see all the latest news and updates about military pay and other benefits, and to access pay charts, pay calculators and more.

2025 Active Duty Pay Effective April 1, 2025. Reflects full 14.5% pay raise for E-1 to E-4.

Basic Military Pay or "base pay" is the standard amount of compensation for service members based on each individual pay grade.

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To begin using the Military Pay Calculator, first choose your status: whether Active Duty, National Guard or Reserve. Then scroll down to find your current pay grade: E1-9, W1-5, or O1-10.

Military pay and compensation is a critical component of military service. Find answers to pay questions from articles to pay charts and more.

Dec 11, 2025 · Proposed reserve pay raise for 2026. For your personalized pay and allowance computation, check out our free Military Pay Calculator, which can provide you with …

Military Pay is based on a service members pay-grade, length of service, duties,and location. This section includes articles describing each of the types of military pay and how they are calculated.

There are two ways of calculating your military retired pay base, the final pay method and the high 36 method. The final pay method sets the retired base pay equal to the final basic pay.

Check out the 2023 U.S. military pay scale charts for all ranks for active duty, as well as Reserve and Guard components.