What you enter
Inputs
- Deployment length in days
- Monthly basic pay
- Selected potential special pays
Deployment compensation planning
Military Deployment Pay Calculator
Build a simple deployment-period pay estimate from monthly basic pay and selected potential special pays.
What it estimates
Results
- Selected monthly special-pay amount
- Estimated gross pay for the deployment period
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Deployment-pay estimator
Build a simple deployment-period estimate from monthly basic pay and selected potential special pays. Checking an item does not establish eligibility.
Location, orders, dependency circumstances, duty conditions and duration determine eligibility. This estimate does not calculate combat-zone tax exclusion or deductions.
Official DFAS special-pay tables ↗Last verified: August 12, 2026
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Limits and next steps.
- Selecting a pay does not establish eligibility.
- Orders, location, duty conditions and family circumstances control entitlements.
- Combat-zone tax treatment and deductions are not calculated.
Official DFAS special-pay tables ↗Page last reviewed: August 21, 2026
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