The below linked charts depict the average annual salary for members of the National Guard for the calendar year of 2008.
National Guard members receive four days worth of active duty base pay for each weekend drill period. Additionally they receive 1/30th of active duty base pay for each day of annual training. When National Guard members are called to full-time active duty for longer than 30 days they receive the same pay and allowances as active duty members.
Members of the National Guard are required to perform a minimum of 12 weekend drills and 15 days of annual training per year.
These charts show what a National Guard member would make each year in drill and annual training pay assuming the minimum drill/training period required. The chart does not include housing allowance or food allowance that many National Guard members may qualify for during the annual training period.
The chart below includes a 3.5 percent pay raise effective on January 1 2008.
Officers (With 10 or Less Years of Service)
Officers (With More Than 10 Years of Service)
Officers (With More Than 4 Years as an Enlisted Member or Warrant Officer)
