Enter your final offense level (1–43) and Criminal History Category (I–VI) to get the advisory imprisonment range from the 2024 USSG Sentencing Table.
The 2024 U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual assigns every federal offense a base offense level, then adds or subtracts levels for specific-offense characteristics (drug weight, loss amount, role, weapons, victim impact) and general adjustments (acceptance of responsibility, obstruction). Your final offense level meets your Criminal History Category on the Sentencing Table in Chapter 5, Part A to produce an advisory range in months.
See the full table on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Chart page, or estimate your actual time to serve with the Good Time Calculator.
The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines are a framework published by the U.S. Sentencing Commission that federal judges use to set advisory imprisonment ranges. They combine a 1–43 offense level with a I–VI Criminal History Category on a Sentencing Table.
No. Since United States v. Booker (2005), the Guidelines are advisory. Judges must calculate the range and consider it, but may vary above or below based on the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors.
Offense level is a number from 1 to 43 based on your specific offense, adjusted by specific-offense characteristics (drug weight, loss amount, role, victim impact), chapter-three adjustments, and acceptance of responsibility. Your defense attorney or PSR will state your final offense level.
Criminal History Categories (I–VI) reflect prior convictions. Category I is little or no history; VI is the most extensive. Categories are computed from criminal history points under Chapter 4 of the Guidelines Manual.
Educational estimate only — not legal advice. See Terms & Sources.