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To help you plan for 2020, below is a list of the days you should expect to receive your retired or annuitant pay. Retired and annuitant pay is due on the first of the month. However, if the first falls on a weekend or holiday, retirees get paid on last business day of the prior month and annuitants get paid on the first business day of month. For example, payment to retirees for December 2019 will be paid on December 31, 2019. However, annuitants will be paid on January 2, 2020. Please see the chart for each month in 2020.

Entitlement Month	Retired Pay Date	Annuitant Pay Date
September 2019	October 1, 2019	October 1, 2019
October 2019	November 1, 2019	November 1, 2019
November 2019	November 29, 2019	December 2, 2019
December 2019	December 31, 2019	January 2, 2020
January 2020	January 31, 2020	February 3, 2020
February 2020	February 28, 2020	March 2, 2020
March 2020	April 1, 2020	April 1, 2020
April 2020	May 1, 2020	May 1, 2020
May 2020	June 1, 2020	June 1, 2020
June 2020	July 1, 2020	July 1, 2020
July 2020	July 31, 2020	August 3, 2020
August 2020	September 1, 2020	September 1, 2020
September 2020	October 1, 2020	October 1, 2020
October 2020	October 30, 2020	November 2, 2020
November 2020	December 1, 2020	December 1, 2020
December 2020	December 31, 2020	January 4, 2021