Army Compensation Calculator

What this calculator answersChooses the headline figure. Every other figure is still returned alongside it.

Pay year

Pay grade

Cumulative years of serviceYears for pay purposes. DFAS columns step at 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and then every two years.

E-1 with under 4 months of active duty

Duty status

Inactive-duty training periods (drills)Each drill period pays 1/30 of monthly basic pay. A standard drill weekend is 4 periods.

Monthly BAH rate (USD/mo)Look your rate up in the DTMO BAH Rate Lookup for your duty ZIP code, pay grade and dependency status. BAH is set per Military Housing Area and cannot be derived from a formula.

Has dependents

BAS entitlement

Special and incentive pays (USD/mo)Flight pay, sea pay, hazardous duty pay and similar taxable monthly special pays.

Other non-taxable allowances (USD/mo)Clothing allowance, family separation allowance, OHA and similar.

Federal filing statusUsed only to find the marginal rate behind the Regular Military Compensation tax advantage.

GI Bill rate of pursuit (%)Credits taken divided by the school full-time load. VA rounds this to the nearest tenth.

GI Bill benefit tier (%)Percentage of the maximum benefit earned by qualifying active service (100, 90, 80 ... 50).

Total monthly pay and allowances

5,879.95 USD/mo

Military Pay Calculator

Monthly basic pay

3,303.00 USD/mo

Annual basic pay

39,636.00 USD/yr

Pay table column used

E-4, over 2 years

Monthly BAH

2,100.00 USD/mo

Annual BAH

25,200.00 USD/yr

Monthly BAS

476.95 USD/mo

Annual BAS

5,723.40 USD/yr

Monthly special pays

0.00 USD/mo

Other monthly allowances

0.00 USD/mo

Taxable monthly pay

3,303.00 USD/mo

Non-taxable monthly allowances

2,576.95 USD/mo

Total annual pay and allowances

70,559.40 USD/yr

Pay per drill period

110.10 USD

Drill pay for the period entered

440.40 USD

Federal marginal rate used

12.00 %

Annual federal tax advantage on allowances

3,710.81 USD/yr

Regular Military Compensation (annual)

74,270.21 USD/yr

Post-9/11 GI Bill monthly housing allowance

2,100.00 USD/mo

GI Bill rate of pursuit after rounding

100 %

Service branch

Army

Worked out from DFAS, 2026 Basic Pay: Enlisted and 15 other sources.

Planning figures only. Your Leave and Earnings Statement, your finance office and the DFAS pay tables in force on the day govern what you are actually paid.

How this is worked out

8 steps

2026 pay tables (Executive Order 14368 of December 18, 2025, Schedule 8).
Army pay comes from the same Schedule 8 table as every other service; the branch changes no amount here.
E-4 at 3 years falls in the "over 2 years" column: $3303.00 a month.
Annual basic pay = 12 x 3303.00 = $39636.00.
BAS (enlisted, 1 Jan 2026) = $476.95 a month.
BAH entered for your Military Housing Area = $2100.00 a month.
Taxable $3303.00 + non-taxable $2576.95 = $5879.95 a month.
Tax advantage = $30923.40 of untaxed allowances x 12.0% marginal rate = $3710.81; RMC = basic pay + BAH + BAS + tax advantage.

Pay chart for this gradetable

band	yearsOfServiceFrom	monthlyBasicPay	annualBasicPay
2 years or less	0	3,142.2	37,706.4
over 2 years	2	3,303	39,636
over 3 years	3	3,482.4	41,788.8
over 4 years	4	3,658.5	43,902
over 6 years	6	3,815.4	45,784.8
over 8 years	8	3,815.4	45,784.8
over 10 years	10	3,815.4	45,784.8
over 12 years	12	3,815.4	45,784.8
over 14 years	14	3,815.4	45,784.8
over 16 years	16	3,815.4	45,784.8
over 18 years	18	3,815.4	45,784.8
over 20 years	20	3,815.4	45,784.8
over 22 years	22	3,815.4	45,784.8
over 24 years	24	3,815.4	45,784.8
over 26 years	26	3,815.4	45,784.8
over 28 years	28	3,815.4	45,784.8
over 30 years	30	3,815.4	45,784.8
over 32 years	32	3,815.4	45,784.8
over 34 years	34	3,815.4	45,784.8
over 36 years	36	3,815.4	45,784.8
over 38 years	38	3,815.4	45,784.8
over 40 years	40	3,815.4	45,784.8

Monthly breakdowntable

item	monthly	taxable
Basic pay	3,303	Yes
BAH	2,100	No
BAS	476.95	No
Special and incentive pay	0	Yes
Other allowances	0	No

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