how much is the extra pay while deployed?

Question

how much do they pay my husband for being deoplyed?...ok,
fsa, his regular pay, but how much is the extra pay a month?

Answer 1

Depends on where he's going, but here's a breakdown of the basics:

Family Separation Allowance: $250/mo
Regular Pay: Depends on his rank/years of service.

If he's in a hostile zone (also know as a tax free zone) he'll also be receiving imminent danger pay, which is $225/mo

The FSA is tax free, regular pay is taxable unless in a tax free zone. If he's in a tax free zone, and in imminent danger (such as duty in Iraq, combat zone, etc.) he'll receive an extra $225/mo on top of that.

Finally, if you're not in military housing, he should be getting BAH for your location.

If you are having a pay issue, have him talk to his finance office! Trust me on this, when I transferred to San Diego, my BAH was stopped for my dependents, even though they were sill in the same location (I'm only here on Temporary Duty.) and it took about two months to finally fix.

Hopes this helps.

-Note, whenever someone is deployed, they usually lose their BAS in the form of a meal deduction, because you're usually provided RIK (Rations in Kind) while deployed.

EDIT:

I didn't know about the Army letting soldiers keep their BAS in the field. If your husband is in the Army, I guess you should figure that in as well (It's $279.88/mo for an enlisted person.)

As far as the Navy and Marine Corps are concerned, they will take it in the form of a meal deduction, as the basic principle of BAS is to "Feed the Servicemember" and that's drilled into you that BAS is technically for your food, not your families.

Of course, if you are approaching the poverty line, their is a program called "Family Supplemental Subsistence Allowance" which is mandated to pay for a family's food. If you are at 105% of the poverty line or below, you qualify. You can check that out at: http://www.dmdc.osd.mil/fssa/

Answer 2

Military Pay While Deployed

Answer 3

Rocky has it right, except for the BAS. The Army gives everyone BAS while they are deployed. They used to take it away, since the soldier was eating in a chow hall, but families started complaining that they used that as their grocery money and they couldn't afford groceries anymore. So they gave it back to the married soldiers. Then the single soldiers realized that it wasn't fair for the married soldiers to eat at the chow hall AND receive BAS, so they complained. Now they just give BAS to everyone while they are deployed.

Answer 4

Okay...I looked at my husband's most recent LES and it isn't much. He is E-3 and we get Base pay, BAH, BAS normally. While he is deployed, we get Hazard Pay and Family Separation which totals...$475.

So it's not much.

Answer 5

Family Sep is 250/Month, retroactive, from day 31.

Hostile Fire Pay and Imminent Danger Pay is 150/month ( I think).. but not all zones qualifiy for this. Not even all tax free zones qualify for HFP/IDP.

Answer 6

Combat Pay; $225.00 per Month
Hardship Duty Pay; $150.00 per Month
Family Seperation Allowance; $225.00 per Month
Misc. Pay; $2.00 per Day

Not included; Jump Pay, Flight pay, AIP, BAH, Base pay TSP(Thrift Savings Plan)

Answer 7

When your deployed, your pay is tax free. You get your regular pay, overseas pay, hostile fire pay, combat zone pay, family separation pay if your married, you name it. The pay is good, especially the higher up in rank you are.

Answer 8

it's couple hundred dollars (not including separation pay, because that's not specific to deployment. The real money comes with being paid tax free.

Answer 9

Go to www.cinchouse.com and on the left is a link to figure out how much you get paid. Fill them in and it'll tell you.

Answer 10

not enough obviously