Military Pay Center

Calculate pay, benefits and housing allowance for every military rank


  • Fewer stateside troops to get cost-of-living allowance in 2018
    Fewer stateside troops to get cost-of-living allowance in 2018

    About 28,000 service members will receive the continental U.S. cost-of-living allowance in 2018, down from about 35,150 this year.

  • 2016 Pay Book: Guard and Reserve
    2016 Pay Book: Guard and Reserve

    Annual drill pay for members of the National Guard and Reserve components changes in tandem with active-duty basic pay, which means drill pay increases by 1.3 percent in 2016.

  • 2016 Pay Book: Health Care
    2016 Pay Book: Health Care

    VA disability compensation is a monthly payment to veterans with disabilities resulting from disease or injury incurred or aggravated during active military service.

  • 2016: Another lukewarm year for military compensation
    2016: Another lukewarm year for military compensation

    Troops will see small increases in various pays and benefits this year, but more compensation turbulence lies ahead.

  • 2016 Pay Book: Special Pays
    2016 Pay Book: Special Pays

    All service members receive an annual clothing allowance to buy and maintain their required military uniforms. Imminent danger pay is a flat monthly payment of $225 to troops on duty outside the U.S.

  • 2016 Pay Book: Housing and Food
    2016 Pay Book: Housing and Food

    Basic Allowance for Housing rates in 2016 rise slightly

  • 2016 Pay Book: ConUS COLA
    2016 Pay Book: ConUS COLA

    The Continental Cost of Living Allowance, or ConUS COLA, is a taxable supplemental allowance designed to help offset higher prices in high-cost locations