Report Abuse. Save pay is money that the military puts aside for you so when you get home you are not broke.it is usually about a hundred a month well thats what it was when my husband went. Source(s): army wife 12 years. bobalue7 · 7 years ago. just got back from Iraq about 2 months ago, and I just noticed I have someting called save pay on my LES for almost 1,000 dollars. I do not know what this is, and I do not want to ahave to pay back the military for a mistake that they made. Follow.