2019 U.S. Military Basic Pay Raise
August 13, 2018, President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act for 2019. The bill contains the language for a 2.6 percent pay raise that becomes effective on January 1, 2019.
August 1, 2018, the full Senate followed the House's lead by overwhelmingly passing the reconciled National Defense Authorization Act for 2019 with a vote of 87 to 10. The bill now moves to President Trump for his final approval. The bill contains a 2.6 percent pay raise for 2019. The President is expected to sign the bill into law. With his signature, the pay raise will be effective January 1, 2019 and should be reflected in the first full pay check to be received in calendar year 2019.
2019 Active Duty Pay | 2019 Drill Pay
July 26, 2018, the full House of Representatives, by a vote of 359-54, approved the reconciled National Defense Authorization Act for 2019. The Act contains a 2.6 percent pay raise for uniformed military personnel. The result is expected to be the same in the Senate, and when that occurs, the bill will then be forwarded to President Trump for signature. Barring something unforeseen, the pay raise will be effective, January 1, 2019.
June 18, 2018, the full Senate, by a vote of 85-10, passed their version of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act which includes a 2.6 percent military pay raise for 2019. Now, both the House and the Senate must reconcile any differences it their two bills before a final version can be sent to President Trump for consideration.
May 24, 2018, the full House of Representatives, by a vote of 351-66, passed their version of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act which includes a 2.6 percent military pay raise.
May 9, 2018, the House Armed Services Committee, by a vote of 60-1, approved the mark-up for the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The mark-up contains President Trump's initial budget proposal for a 2.6 percent military pay raise for 2019. The NDAA will now be heading to the full House for consideration.
February 12, 2018, President Trump released his budget proposal for fiscal year 2019. The proposal contains a 2.6 percent pay increase to the 2018 basic military pay for 2019 military basic pay. For the first time in over a decade, the White House's initial pay raise proposal is in-line with U.S.C. Title 37's Employment Cost Index projection.
October 31, 2017, at 0830EST, the United States Employment Cost Index (ECI) was released. The releasing of the ECI by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics is an eagerly awaited quarterly economic indicator for those in the stock market and politics; but what makes this morning’s release important to our military is that it is the first indicator used to determine the actual pay raise amount for 2019. For 2019, the pay raise increase should be 2.6 percent based on U.S.C. Title 37.
March 24, 2016, the Department of Defense (DoD) made available (originally generated on March 11th) the Fiscal Year 2017 "Green Book", and it projected a 1.6 percent pay raise for FY-2019. The 1.6 percent projection is one tenth higher than the previous year's DoD projection for 2019.
March 17, 2015, the DoD Comptroller released the FY-16 Green Book which laid out estimates for out-year military pay raises. For 2019, an estimation of 1.5 percent is put forward, 0.3% less than last year's estimate for 2019.
When the budget proposal for FY-2015 was released, Department of Defense (DoD) officials laid out a five year plan for military pay. For 2019, DoD reportedly plans to propose to Congress a 1.8% pay raise.
