National Guard Pay Calculator

Pay year

Service branchRecorded, not rated. One Schedule 8 pay table covers all of the uniformed services, so the branch does not change basic pay, BAS or drill pay. Only BAH differs, and it differs by duty location.

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

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

Has dependents

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

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

Drill pay for the period entered

440.40 USD

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

0.00 USD/mo

Annual BAH

0.00 USD/yr

Monthly BAS

0.00 USD/mo

Annual BAS

0.00 USD/yr

Monthly special pays

0.00 USD/mo

Other monthly allowances

0.00 USD/mo

Taxable monthly pay

440.40 USD/mo

Non-taxable monthly allowances

0.00 USD/mo

Total monthly pay and allowances

440.40 USD/mo

Total annual pay and allowances

5,284.80 USD/yr

Pay per drill period

110.10 USD

Federal marginal rate used

10.00 %

Annual federal tax advantage on allowances

0.00 USD/yr

Regular Military Compensation (annual)

440.40 USD/yr

Post-9/11 GI Bill monthly housing allowance

0.00 USD/mo

GI Bill rate of pursuit after rounding

100 %

Service branch

Any service (the pay tables are uniform)

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

5 steps

2026 pay tables (Executive Order 14368 of December 18, 2025, Schedule 8).
One Schedule 8 table covers every uniformed service, so no branch adjustment applies.
E-4 at 3 years falls in the "over 2 years" column: $3303.00 a month.
Drill pay = monthly basic pay / 30 per period = 3303.00/30 = $110.10; x 4 periods = $440.40.
Taxable $440.40 + non-taxable $0.00 = $440.40 a month.

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
Drill pay earned	440.4	Yes
BAH	0	No
BAS	0	No
Special and incentive pay	0	Yes
Other allowances	0	No

Results are general information, not financial, tax, legal, medical or engineering advice.