BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
AIR FORCE INSTRUCTION 36-128
17 MAY 2019
Personnel
PAY SETTING AND ALLOWANCES
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-publishing website at
www.e-publishing.af.mil for downloading or ordering.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: AF/A1C
Supersedes: AFI36-802, 1 September
1998 and AFI36-801, 22 December 2015
Certified by: SAF/MR
Pages: 57
This instruction implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 36-1, Appropriated Funds
Civilian Management and Administration. For pay setting, this instruction prescribes the Air Force
policy for setting pay rates for appropriated fund civilian employees paid under the General
Schedule (GS) or under the Federal Wage System (FWS). It also prescribes procedures for
approving recruitment and relocation bonuses, retention allowances, and supervisory differentials.
It does not apply to other pay systems that are a hybrid or specifically exempt from coverage under
Title 5 (for example, Physicians and Dentists Pay Plan, Acquisition Demonstration Project, AF
Research Laboratory Demonstration Project, etc.). For more information on pay setting for other
pay systems, please refer to myPers article “9798”, Pay and Compensation knowledge article at
https://mypers.af.mil/app/answers/detail/a_id/9798/kw/9798/p/3. For pay setting policy, it
applies to the Air National Guard.
For uniforms, this instruction establishes standards and conditions for furnishing uniforms or
paying uniform allowances to direct hire Air Force employees paid from appropriated funds,
including Title 5 United States Code (USC) employees of the Air Force Reserve and Air
National Guard. However, it does not apply to employees furnished uniforms or paid uniform
allowances under other laws or regulations, such as medical and food service personnel. It does
not apply to non-United States citizen employees furnished uniforms or paid uniform allowances
under labor agreements concluded with another government; and to persons furnished special
clothing under AFI 23-101, Air Force Material Management.
