Sources
The official sources behind the figures and rules on this site, grouped by publisher. Each source shows what it provides and when we checked it. Figures are only shown from sources marked verified.
- Sources listed
- 26
- Verified
- 25
- Recorded, not re-checked
- 1
- Last checked
- 2026-11-01
Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) (8)
- DFAS: Basic Pay, Enlisted (2025 table as published)Verified 2026-11-01
E-1 to E-9 basic pay by cumulative years of service
- DFAS: Basic Pay, Commissioned Officers (2025 table as published)Verified 2026-11-01
O-1 to O-10 basic pay; some senior-grade cells are not shown in the table
- DFAS: Commissioned Officers with more than 4 years of creditable serviceVerified 2026-11-01
O-1E to O-3E basic pay (prior enlisted or warrant service)
- DFAS: Basic Pay, Warrant Officers (2025 table as published)Verified 2026-11-01
W-1 to W-5 basic pay by cumulative years of service
- DFAS: 2026 Active Duty PaydaysVerified 2026-11-01
Mid-month and end-of-month pay days and LES availability for 2026
- DFAS: Reserve Component Drill Pay, Enlisted (effective January 1, 2026)Verified 2026-11-01
One-drill and four-drill amounts for E-1 to E-9 by years band, with monthly basic pay. Four E-1 cells are not shown (see drill pay page).
One-drill and four-drill amounts for W-1 to W-5 by years band. W-5 has no published amount for the early bands.
- DFAS: Reserve Component Drill Pay, Officers (effective January 1, 2026)Verified 2026-11-01
One-drill and four-drill amounts for O-1 to O-7 by years band.
DoD Military Pay and the Financial Management Regulation (5)
- DoD Military Pay: Basic PayVerified 2026-11-01
Cross-check of the DFAS basic pay tables and their 2025 status
- DoD Military Pay: Blended Retirement SystemVerified 2026-11-01
BRS components: defined benefit, TSP with automatic and matching contributions, continuation pay, lump-sum option
- DoD Military Pay: Military Retirement (plans, multipliers, and examples)Verified 2026-11-01
Plan criteria by entry date; 2.5% (final pay, high-36) and 2.0% (BRS) multipliers per year; the example multiplier table; high-36 described as highest 36 months divided by 36.
- DoD FMR Vol. 7A, Ch. 8: special duty assignment pay (August 2025)Recorded 2025-08, not re-checked
Recorded in research: SDAP rules and a $750 per month cap. No per-level SDAP table. Not re-checked in this build (the PDF was not reachable).
- DoD FMR Vol. 7A, Ch. 1: Basic Pay (Tables 1-7 to 1-10, effective January 1, 2026)Verified 2026-11-01
Labels the basic pay tables effective January 1, 2026.
U.S. Code (9)
- 10 U.S.C. § 1401, Computation of retired payVerified 2026-11-01
Formula 1: retired pay base x retired pay multiplier; full months count as one-twelfth of a year.
- 10 U.S.C. § 1407, Retired pay base after September 7, 1980 (high-36 average)Verified 2026-11-01
High-three average: highest 36 months of basic pay divided by 36.
- 10 U.S.C. § 1409, Retired pay multiplierVerified 2026-11-01
Multiplier of 2.5 times years of creditable service; 2 times years for the modernized (BRS, full TSP) system.
- 37 U.S.C. § 301a, Incentive pay: aviation careerVerified 2026-11-01
Monthly aviation career incentive pay by years of aviation service (10 bands, $125 to $250); O-7 capped at $200 and O-8 and above at $206 until 25 years; entitlement and flying-duty rules.
- 37 U.S.C. § 334, Special aviation incentive pay and bonus authorities for officersVerified 2026-11-01
Officer aviation incentive pay, maximum $1,500 per month. Separate from aviation career incentive pay; not used for amounts on the aviation career page.
- 37 U.S.C. § 352, Assignment pay or special duty payVerified 2026-11-01
Eligibility for assignment or special duty pay; ceiling of $5,000 per month; monthly, lump-sum, and installment payment; written agreements. Service-set levels are not in this statute.
- 37 U.S.C. § 203, Basic payVerified 2026-11-01
Monthly basic pay rates for members of the uniformed services within each pay grade: one schedule for all services.
- 37 U.S.C. § 1009, Annual adjustment of payVerified 2026-11-01
Annual January 1 adjustment; default increase = ECI percentage change rounded to one-tenth; President may transmit an alternative plan (subsection e).
- 37 U.S.C. § 206, Reserves: inactive-duty trainingVerified 2026-11-01
Compensation of 1/30 of the basic pay of the corresponding grade for each period of at least two hours.
Federal Register (1)
- Executive Order 14368, Schedule 8 (2026 military basic pay rates)Verified 2026-11-01
2026 monthly basic pay rates for uniformed service members (37 U.S.C. 203, adjusted under 37 U.S.C. 1009). The 2025 rates are a separate schedule.
Defense Travel Management Office (DTMO) (2)
- DTMO: BAH Rate Lookup (2026 rates available by year)Verified 2026-11-01
E-5 with-dependents BAH by ZIP code, selectable by year. The all-locations download is form-gated and was not imported.
- DTMO: 2025 BAH Rates, All Locations, All Pay Grades (PDF)Verified 2026-11-01
BAH with and without dependents for all 335 locations and 24 grades in the 2025 file. Used by the BAH calculator and the Fort Liberty example.
Department of Veterans Affairs (1)
- VA: Post-9/11 GI Bill (Chapter 33) rates, August 1, 2026, to July 31, 2027Verified 2026-11-01
MHA is based on E-5 with-dependents BAH at the training ZIP code, using 2026 BAH rates; eligibility tiers (100 to 50%); rate of pursuit above 50%, rounded to the nearest tenth.
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