Military Compensation – Basic Pay

This site provides information about military compensation, including paygrades for active-duty and reserve pay, allowances, annual pay adjustments, the Blended Retirement System and benefits, including those for survivors. It also includes answers to frequently asked questions regarding military compensation.

Through this site, service members ─ including transitioning or retiring service members ─ can find information about active-duty and reserve pay, annual pay adjustments, allowances, the Blended Retirement System and benefits, including those for survivors. They can also get answers to questions such as how annual pay raises are determined and the difference between the Consumer Price Index for retirees and the Employment Cost Index for active-duty raises.

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