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Rate-change alerts, without e-mail
Follow the changes this site lists as coming up in a feed reader or in your calendar. Each alert is a plain file built from the same dated, sourced data as the change log — there is nothing to sign up for and nothing is sent.
How to follow one
- Feed reader: copy an alert’s RSS address below and add it as a new feed.
- Calendar: choose “Subscribe in a calendar app”, or paste the .ics address where the app adds a calendar from a web address. Each date is an all-day event.
- Privacy: no e-mail address or account. The app fetches a static file like any page: the request is in the server logs, deleted after 14 days, and passes through Cloudflare (Privacy Policy).
VA disability rates (December 1)
The yearly VA compensation increase: the COLA status, then VA’s new table when it is published.
- RSS feed
- https://rankandpay.com/alerts/
va-rates.xmlOpen the feed - Calendar
- https://rankandpay.com/alerts/
va-rates.icsSubscribe in a calendar app
In the feed today
December 1, 2026 · checked October 28, 2026
VA compensation rates and the retired-pay COLA for December 1, 2026. Social Security’s Federal Register notice of October 26, 2026 sets a 3.6% cost-of-living increase effective December 2026; VA’s increase needs the VA COLA Act of 2026, not enacted as of October 28.
Military retired pay COLA (December 1)
The December 1 cost-of-living adjustment of military retired pay and SBP annuities.
- RSS feed
- https://rankandpay.com/alerts/
retiree-cola.xmlOpen the feed - Calendar
- https://rankandpay.com/alerts/
retiree-cola.icsSubscribe in a calendar app
In the feed today
December 1, 2026
VA compensation rates and the retired-pay COLA for December 1, 2026: the same item as under VA disability rates (December 1) above.
2027 military pay raise (January 1)
The 2027 basic pay table: the raise in the FY2027 defense bill and the Executive Order with the new table.
- RSS feed
- https://rankandpay.com/alerts/
pay-2027.xmlOpen the feed - Calendar
- https://rankandpay.com/alerts/
pay-2027.icsSubscribe in a calendar app
In the feed today
January 1, 2027 · checked October 28, 2026
2027 basic pay, BAS, BAH and DLA. The FY2027 defense bill (H.R. 8800) passed the House on July 22, 2026 and was received in the Senate on September 14 — not law when checked; the budget proposal funds a pay raise of 7% for E-5 and below, 6% for E-6 to O-3 and 5% for O-4 and above.
BAH 2027 (January 1)
DoD’s 2027 housing allowance rates and the end of the Abilene/Dyess temporary rates.
- RSS feed
- https://rankandpay.com/alerts/
bah-2027.xmlOpen the feed - Calendar
- https://rankandpay.com/alerts/
bah-2027.icsSubscribe in a calendar app
In the feed today
January 1, 2027
2027 basic pay, BAS, BAH and DLA: the same item as under 2027 military pay raise (January 1) above.
TSP limits for 2027
The IRS limits for 2027: elective deferrals, catch-ups and the annual additions limit.
- RSS feed
- https://rankandpay.com/alerts/
tsp-2027.xmlOpen the feed - Calendar
- https://rankandpay.com/alerts/
tsp-2027.icsSubscribe in a calendar app
In the feed today
January 1, 2027 · checked October 13, 2026
2027 TSP limits (IRS, usually November).
Every item comes from the change log and the data register: a pending change is written as pending until the agency publishes it, and no future rate is ever computed.