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National Guard Drill Pay

Drill Pay

National Guard Running Drills

Updated January 2016

For only two days of drill each month, you’ll bring home a nice paycheck. The number of years you’ve been in the Guard, plus other allowances, can help push the National Guard drill pay amount even higher.

Your rank  Two-day drill
E-1 Private $ 193 – $ 209
E-2 Private $ 234
E-3 Private First Class $ 246 – $ 278
E-4 Specialist/Corporal $ 278 – $ 337
E-5 Sergeant $ 298 – $ 337
E-6 Staff Sergeant $ 325 – $ 454
E-7 Sergeant First Class $ 375 – $ 506
E-8 Master Sergeant $ 540 – $ 564
E-9 Sergeant Major $ 660

(Pay rates effective January 1, 2016)

Learn more about joining the National Guard or their educational opportunities!

The chart below shows monthly National Guard drill pay, assuming one weekend drill per month. Generally, there are four drill periods in one weekend drill.

Drill Pay For 4 Drills
For Up To 10 Years of Service
Years < 2 2 3 4 6 8 10
E-9 660
E-8 540 564
E-7 375 410 425 446 463 490 506
E-6 325 357 373 388 404 440 454
E-5 298 318 333 349 373 399 420
E-4 278 291 308 323 337 337 337
E-3 246 262 278 278 278 278 278
E-2 234 234 234 234 234 234 234
E-1* 209 209 209 209 209 209 209

* Applicable to E-1 with 4 months or more of duty. Drill pay for an E-1 with less than 4 months of active duty is $193.

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