E-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
New York City$4,833
Lemoore NAS$1,581
Asheville$1,575
Boise$1,575
Gainesville$1,572
Albuquerque$1,557
Barstow$1,557
Pittsburgh$1,551
Ogden$1,545
Coastal Maine$1,539
Fort Chaffee$879
Albuquerque is #157 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month —
$47,448 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Albuquerque0 – $2,415 / month
E-1$1,557
E-2$1,557
E-3$1,557
E-4$1,557
E-5$1,689
E-6$1,794
E-7$2,001
E-8$2,241
E-9$2,265
W-1$1,926
W-2$2,238
W-3$2,271
W-4$2,325
W-5$2,355
O-1E$2,208
O-2E$2,259
O-3E$2,316
O-1$1,770
O-2$2,142
O-3$2,280
O-4$2,343
O-5$2,358
O-6$2,376
O-7$2,415
Promoting to E-4 here adds $0 a
month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
01
Dependency status is worth 28% here. That is a status your finance office determines, not a box you tick — and it is the single largest lever on this page that is not a change of address.
03
None of it is taxed. $1,557 a month of BAH takes more than $1,557 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.
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Things the rate table doesn't tell you
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“With dependents” is a dependency status, not a marital status. A single member paying child support can be authorized BAH-Diff; a married dual-military couple with no children is not automatically the with-dependents rate for both. If your situation is unusual, your finance office decides — not this table.
02
O-8, O-9 and O-10 draw the same BAH as O-7. The table stops there for a reason, not because it is missing rows.
03
This is CONUS BAH only. Overseas is OHA, which works differently — it reimburses actual rent up to a cap, with separate utility and move-in allowances. Alaska and Hawaii are BAH; Germany, Japan and Korea are OHA.