Members of the military will be paid on Oct. 31 despite a lapse in funding during the ongoing government shutdown, the Pentagon and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) confirmed to USA TODAY.
To cover $5.3 billion in military pay, OMB said officials have pulled monies from three different financial accounts, including $2.5 billion from a military spending account allocated as part of the Big Beautiful Bill.
Active-duty military service members' regular pay schedule marks Friday, Oct. 31 as a payday, per the Department of Defense. They are typically paid twice monthly, including at the middle and end of the month.
Despite a lapse in funds, on Oct. 15, members of the military were paid as scheduled after President Donald Trump ordered the defense department to pay service members with any funds "that remain available for expenditure."
Most other federal workers are paid on a biweekly schedule, which lists the next payday as Nov. 7. With the exception of the military and some Department of Homeland Security officers, other federal workers have gone without pay during the shutdown. Their last partial paycheck on Oct. 10 covered hours worked before the shutdown.
