<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
  <channel>
    <title>Rank and Pay alert: 2027 military pay raise (January 1)</title>
    <link>https://rankandpay.com/alerts/#pay-2027</link>
    <description>The 2027 basic pay table: the raise in the FY2027 defense bill and the Executive Order with the new table. Dated and sourced from the agencies’ own pages; no sign-up, nothing is sent.</description>
    <language>en-us</language>
    <lastBuildDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate>
    <atom:link href="https://rankandpay.com/alerts/pay-2027.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/>
    <item>
      <title>Coming up January 1, 2027: 2027 basic pay, BAS, BAH and DLA</title>
      <link>https://rankandpay.com/changes/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">tag:rankandpay.com,2026-10-28:alert/pay-2027/2027-01-01/2027-basic-pay-bas-bah-and-dla/2026-10-28</guid>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <description>On January 1, 2027. 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. Checked October 28, 2026. Sources: H.R. 8800, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (bill status) (https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/119/hr/BILLSTATUS-119hr8800.xml); FY2027 Budget, Department of War (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/dow_fy2027.pdf).</description>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>
