Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed ServicesRelease 119-102
§1004 Computation of Pay and Allowances for Month or Part of Month
Title 37 › CHAPTER 19 — ADMINISTRATION › § 1004
Summary
When a service member is paid for a continuous period that is less than one month, they must be paid for each day at a rate of 1/30 of their monthly pay and allowances. You may not leave out the thirty-first day of a month when doing this calculation.
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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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102