Title 37 — Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed ServicesRelease 119-73not60
§1004 Computation of Pay and Allowances for Month or Part of Month
Title 37 › Chapter 19— ADMINISTRATION › § 1004
Summary
If a service member serves for a continuous time that is less than a full month, they must be paid each day at a rate equal to 1/30 of their monthly pay and allowances. When doing that math, the thirty-first day of a month must be counted and cannot be left out.
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Title 37, §1004
Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
A member of a uniformed service who is entitled to pay and allowances under this title for a continuous period of less than one month is entitled to his pay and allowances for each day of that period at the rate of 1⁄30 of the monthly amount of his pay and allowances. The thirty-first day of a calendar month may not be excluded from a computation under this section.
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Revised sectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 100437:310.Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, § 510, 63 Stat. 828.
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37 U.S.C. § 1004
Title 37 — Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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