▲ RAISE+$1,206+$14,472/yr · like +$18,554 of salary
What this rate means
W-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,946 / month
Westchester County$5,946
Stevens Point$1,713
County Cost Group 520$1,710
Albany$1,707
County Cost Group 510$1,707
Altus AFB$1,686
Hattiesburg$1,674
Monroe$1,671
Vance AFB$1,647
Fort Sill$1,611
Youngstown$1,527
Altus AFB is #332 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,419 a month —
$53,028 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Altus AFB0 – $1,845 / month
E-1$948
E-2$948
E-3$948
E-4$948
E-5$1,032
E-6$1,170
E-7$1,248
E-8$1,326
E-9$1,437
W-1$1,188
W-2$1,320
W-3$1,440
W-4$1,581
W-5$1,686
O-1E$1,260
O-2E$1,386
O-3E$1,554
O-1$1,086
O-2$1,251
O-3$1,449
O-4$1,662
O-5$1,758
O-6$1,815
O-7$1,845
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 24% 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. $1,686 a month of BAH takes more than $1,686 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.