JOB AID WPPM #980-1090 Subject: Military Pays Job Aid

Revised California WIC Policy and Procedure Manual Page 1 of 5 March 10, 2026 I. Determining Household Size for Military Families Military personnel serving overseas or on a military base away from home are considered members of the household, even if they do not live in the house. To calculate household size of military families when one or both parents are deployed or stationed abroad, the local agency (LA) staff can: 1. Count the absent parent(s) and the children as one household. This option can only be used if the income of the household can be determined using a Leave and Earnings Statement (LES). 2. Count the children as a separate household. This option can only be used if the household has its own income, such as a children’s allotment. A child’s allotment would be part of a “Discretionary” entry on the LES. The guardian would identify the portion that is allotted for the child. 3. Count the children as part of the economic unit in which they currently live and require proof of income. II. Determining Gross Income for Military Families To determine income for families with household members in the military, staff must review their current LES in addition to other household income sources. III. Determining Combat Pay ** When a household member is deployed to a designated combat zone and receives military combat pay during the deployment, the combat pay must be excluded from the gross income if it meets all three criteria listed below: 1. Received in addition to the service member’s basic pay; 2. Received as a result of the service member’s deployment to, or service in an area that has been designated as a combat zone; and 3. Not received by the service member prior to his/her deployment to, or service in the designated combat zone. A combat zone is any area that the President of the United States designates by Executive Order as an area in which the U.S. Armed Forces are engaging or have engaged in combat. Designated combat zones may be found at the Internal Revenue Service webpage for military combat zones. Information regarding deployment to or service in a combat zone may also be available through military orders or public records on deployment of military units. LA staff may need to request LES documents from prior to the deployment to determine if there has been a difference in income due to the deployment.

JOB AID WPPM #980-1090 Subject: Military Pays Job Aid

Revised California WIC Policy and Procedure Manual Page 2 of 5 March 10, 2026 IV. Military Income Table 1. LA staff can use the table as a guide when determining whether types of military pay is to be included or excluded from WIC income eligibility determinations. The table is not all inclusive. There may be instances where LA staff see a type/abbreviation that has been updated by the military or is completely new. 2. All types of income commonly received by military personnel, including combat pay is normally reflected in the Entitlements column of the military LES. Consideration of Military Income on the LES Type/Abbreviation Description Included as Income AB Accession Bonus Yes ACIP Aviation Career Incentive Pay Yes ACP Aviation Continuation Pay Yes Adjusted Basic Pay Base Pay plus Locality/Market Adjustments Yes AIP Assignment Incentive Pay Yes ** ASP Additional Special Pay Yes BAH Basic Allowance for Housing No BAQ Basic Allowance for Quarters No BAS Basic Allowance for Subsistence Yes BASE Base Pay Yes BCP Board Certified Pay Special Pay Yes BRA Basic Replacement Allowance Yes CARSEA or CSP or CSP-P Career Sea Pay - Premium Yes CCA Civilian Clothing Allowance No CCCA Continuing Civilian Clothing Allowance No CCRA Cash Clothing Replacement Allowance No CEFIP Career Enlisted Flyer Incentive Pay Yes CIP/CRIRP Combat Related Injury and Rehabilitation Pay Yes ** CLOTHING Clothing Allowance Yes * CMA Clothing Maintenance Allowance No

JOB AID WPPM #980-1090 Subject: Military Pays Job Aid

Revised California WIC Policy and Procedure Manual Page 3 of 5 March 10, 2026 Type/Abbreviation Description Included as Income Continuation Pay Continuation Pay Yes CONUS COLA Continental United States Cost of Living Adjustment (CONUS COLA) Yes CSRB Critical Skills Retention Bonus Yes CVI Conditional Voluntary Indefinite Status Yes Dive Pay Dive Pay Yes ** DLA Dislocation Allowance No DSCT Meal Discount Meal No EB Enlistment Bonus Yes FDP Foreign Duty Pay Yes ** FLPP Foreign Language Proficiency Pay Yes ** FLY Fly Pay Yes ** FSA Family Separation Allowance Yes** FSH Family Separation Housing No FSSA Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance No HDIP Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay Yes ** HDP Hardship Duty Pay Yes ** HDP-L Hardship Duty Pay – Location Yes ** HDP-M Hardship Duty Pay – Mission Yes ** HFP/IDP Hostile Fire Pay/Imminent Danger Pay Yes ** HFP-L Hostile Fire Pay – Location Yes** HZD Hazardous Duty Pay Yes ** ICCA Initial Civilian Clothing Allowance No IDP Imminent Danger Pay or Independent Duty Corpsman Yes** ISP Incentive Special Pay Yes JUMP Jump Pay Yes** LQA Living Quarters Allowance No Maternity Clothing Allowance Maternity Clothing Allowance No

JOB AID WPPM #980-1090 Subject: Military Pays Job Aid

Revised California WIC Policy and Procedure Manual Page 4 of 5 March 10, 2026 Type/Abbreviation Description Included as Income MIHA-M MIHA-R MIHA-S Moving Housing Allowance – Miscellaneous, Rent, Security No MRB Multiyear Retention Bonus Yes MSP Multiyear Special Pay Yes NIB Nuclear Career Annual Incentive Bonus Yes NPAB Nuclear Power Accession Bonus Yes Nuclear-Continuation Pay Nuclear – Continuation Pay Yes OCONUS COLA Overseas Continental United States Cost of Living Allowance No OEP Overseas Extension Pay Yes OHA Overseas Housing Allowance No OLA Overseas Living Allowance No OTEIP Overseas Tour Extension Incentive Pay Yes Overseas COLA Overseas Cost of Living Allowance No PCCA Partial Civilian Clothing Allowance No RBMA Reserve Basic Maintenance Allowance Yes REBATE Rebate No SAVE A Calculated Difference in grade Pay Yes * SBP Military Survivor Benefits Plan Yes SDAP Special Duty Assignment Pay Yes ** SDIP Submarine Duty Incentive Pay Yes** SEA Subsistence Expense Allowance Yes SEA PAY Sea Pay Yes SEB Service Member Enlistment Bonus Yes* SEP Separation Pay Yes SMA Standard or Separate Maintenance Allowance Yes Special Duty Pay Special Duty Pay Yes **

JOB AID WPPM #980-1090 Subject: Military Pays Job Aid

Revised March 10, 2026 California WIC Policy and Procedure Manual Page 5 of 5 Type/Abbreviation Description Included as Income Specialty Pay Specialty Pay Yes** SPEC Special Forces Yes SPO Split Payment Option Yes SR/SepRats Separation Rations Yes SRA Standard Replacement Allowance Yes SRB or SRBP Selective Re-enlistment Bonus Payment Yes* Standard Initial Clothing Allowance Standard Initial Clothing Allowance No Submarine Pay Submarine Pay Yes** SUPP CMA Enlisted Supplemental Clothing Allowance No TDY Temporary Duty Yes TDYCCA Temporary Duty Civilian Clothing Allowance No TLA Temporary Lodging/Living Allowance No TLA OCONUS Temporary Lodging Allowance Outside US No TLE CONUS Temporary Lodging Expense in US Yes TQSA Temporary Quarters Subsistence Allowance Yes VBSS Maritime Visit, Board, Search and Seizure Duty Yes ** VI Voluntary Indefinite Status Yes VSP Variable Special Pay Yes No abbreviation Stop Loss Pay Yes No abbreviation Filipino Veterans equity Compensation Fund No No abbreviation Veteran’s Educational Assistance Program or Montgomery GI Bill No No abbreviation Mandatory Salary Reductions to Fund GI Bill No For information about other types of income that can appear on the LES and may not be listed in the chart, go to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service website. * Amount listed is a yearly allowance. Divide by 12 to determine monthly amount. ** Always ask questions as a caution. If determined to be combat pay, exclude from calculation of gross income.