▲ RAISE+$1,251+$15,012/yr · like +$19,246 of salary
What this rate means
W-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,963 / month
Westchester County$6,963
County Cost Group 590$1,968
County Cost Group 580$1,953
Erie$1,950
Vance AFB$1,950
Altus AFB$1,947
County Cost Group 570$1,941
County Cost Group 560$1,932
County Cost Group 550$1,920
County Cost Group 540$1,911
Stevens Point$1,779
Altus AFB is #324 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,184 a month —
$62,208 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Altus AFB0 – $2,373 / month
E-1$1,173
E-2$1,173
E-3$1,173
E-4$1,173
E-5$1,254
E-6$1,563
E-7$1,662
E-8$1,767
E-9$1,917
W-1$1,581
W-2$1,704
W-3$1,836
W-4$1,947
W-5$2,088
O-1E$1,680
O-2E$1,818
O-3E$1,971
O-1$1,299
O-2$1,560
O-3$1,833
O-4$2,130
O-5$2,343
O-6$2,358
O-7$2,373
Promoting to W-5 here adds $141 a
month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
01
Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Altus AFB to Westchester County at W-4 is worth $5,016 a month — about 36 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $141 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 23% 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. $1,947 a month of BAH takes more than $1,947 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
01
“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.