Sources
Every rate, and how old it is
Every figure on this site comes from somewhere and goes out of date on a schedule. This page says where each one came from, when it next moves, and whether what is held here is still current.
Ages on this page are calculated as of 2026-09-05, the date it was published. If that is well behind today, read every "current" below as "current then".
4 current · 0 due · 0 stale · 3 age unknown · 8 not held
A stale figure is not hidden and it is not quietly corrected. It stays on the page with its age attached, because the alternative — a number that looks the same whether it is right or four years old — is how people get hurt by a site like this.
| Rate | State |
|---|---|
| Basic Allowance for SubsistenceOUSD(P&R) Military Compensation · changes 1 januaryTake-home estimates. Excluded from High-3 by statute.Check it at the source | Age unknownHeld, but with no effective date recorded, so its age cannot be judged. Treat it as unverified and check OUSD(P&R) Military Compensation before relying on it. |
| TSP contribution and catch-up limitsFederal Retirement Thrift Investment Board / IRS · changes 1 januaryContribution ceilings, the match calculation, and combat-zone annual additions.Check it at the source | Age unknownHeld, but with no effective date recorded, so its age cannot be judged. Treat it as unverified and check Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board / IRS before relying on it. |
| Survivor Benefit Plan premium and annuity ratesDoD / 10 U.S.C. 1447-1455 · changes by statute, not on a scheduleThe SBP elect-versus-decline comparison.Check it at the source | Age unknownHeld, but with no effective date recorded, so its age cannot be judged. Treat it as unverified and check DoD / 10 U.S.C. 1447-1455 before relying on it. |
| Medicare Part B premium and IRMAA bracketsCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · changes 1 januaryLater-life healthcare cost, and the TRICARE For Life dependency — TFL requires Part A and Part B.Check it at the source | Not heldNot yet ingested. The structure exists and the numbers do not. |
| BRS lump-sum discount rateDoD Office of the Actuary · changes annuallyThe lump-sum-versus-full-annuity comparison.Check it at the source | Not heldNot confirmed to a primary source. Shown as a prompt to verify, never as a figure. |
| Temporary Early Retirement Authority (15-19 years)DoD Comptroller · changes by statuteWhether early retirement is available at all for 15-19 year members.Check it at the source | Not heldNot confirmed to a primary source. Shown as a prompt to verify, never as a figure. |
| Continuation pay multiplier and the year it is offeredEach service, separately · changes each fiscal yearA one-time payment with a dated window around year 12.Check it at the source | Not heldNot confirmed to a primary source. Shown as a prompt to verify, never as a figure. |
| SkillBridge duration caps by rankDoD SkillBridge Program Office · changes by policy memoHow long a transition internship can run, in the final 180 days.Check it at the source | Not heldNot confirmed to a primary source. Shown as a prompt to verify, never as a figure. |
| Post-9/11 GI Bill transfer-of-entitlement eligibilityDepartment of Veterans Affairs / DoD · changes by policyWhether entitlement can still be transferred to a dependent, and by when.Check it at the source | Not heldNot confirmed to a primary source. Shown as a prompt to verify, never as a figure. |
| Promotion phase points and time-in-grade gatesEach service, separately; DoD Instruction 1320.13 for officers · changes by policy, and by board cycleThe promotion timeline the career ledger suggests, and therefore every pay figure downstream of a forecast grade.Check it at the source | Not heldNot confirmed to a primary source. Shown as a prompt to verify, never as a figure. |
| PACT Act presumptive conditionsDepartment of Veterans Affairs · changes on a rolling basisWhether a condition is presumed service-connected, which changes the claim entirely.Check it at the source | Not heldNot confirmed to a primary source. Shown as a prompt to verify, never as a figure. |
| Military basic pay tablesDefense Finance and Accounting Service / OUSD(P&R) · changes 1 januaryHigh-3, retired pay, the TSP match, and every dollar figure on the projections page.Check it at the source | Current · 2026Current for 2026. Next moves 1 january.Transcribed from a document citing the authority rather than read from the authority itself. |
| Basic Allowance for HousingDefense Travel Management Office · changes 1 januaryRent-versus-buy comparisons and the housing series in the projections.Check it at the source | Current · 2026Current for 2026. Next moves 1 january.Transcribed from a document citing the authority rather than read from the authority itself. |
| TRICARE enrollment fees, deductibles and catastrophic capsDefense Health Agency · changes 1 januaryThe healthcare cost series and the Prime-versus-Select comparison, which differ by plan, status and retirement date.Check it at the source | Current · 2026Current for 2026. Next moves 1 january. |
| VA disability compensation ratesDepartment of Veterans Affairs · changes 1 december, with the colaWhat a combined rating is worth per month, and the dependent add-ons.Check it at the source | Current · 2026Current for 2026. Next moves 1 december, with the cola. |
What the states mean
- Current — the figures held are for the period we are in.
- Due for refresh — the publishing date has passed and a newer set exists or is imminent. Figures are close but may be a year behind.
- Stale — more than a full period behind. Treat anything derived from it as indicative, and check the source before acting.
- Age unknown — the figures are held and in use, but no effective date was recorded for them, so nothing here can say how old they are. This used to be reported as "Current", which described the least known figure on the page in the most reassuring terms available.
- Not held — either not yet ingested, or it could not be confirmed to a primary source at all. Declared as a gap rather than quietly omitted, so you can see what is missing.
Why this page exists
Almost every site in this subject prints figures with no date and no source. That is not usually dishonesty — it is that nobody notices when a number goes out of date, because nothing about the page changes when it does. A pension estimate built on four-year-old pay tables renders exactly as confidently as one built on this morning's.
So the age is computed rather than remembered, it is published rather than kept internal, and a figure that has aged says so on the page it appears on. If something here is stale, that is a real limitation of this site and you are entitled to know it before you rely on the number.