▲ RAISE+$1,125+$13,500/yr · like +$17,308 of salary
What this rate means
O-6 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,633 / month
Westchester County$6,633
Meridian$1,938
Montgomery$1,938
Fort Riley$1,935
Alexandria$1,932
Beaumont$1,929
County Cost Group 660$1,926
Wichita$1,920
County Cost Group 650$1,917
Fort Polk$1,917
Anniston$1,665
Beaumont is #304 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,968 a month —
$59,616 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Beaumont0 – $1,941 / month
E-1$1,251
E-2$1,251
E-3$1,251
E-4$1,251
E-5$1,377
E-6$1,458
E-7$1,497
E-8$1,602
E-9$1,716
W-1$1,494
W-2$1,599
W-3$1,731
W-4$1,914
W-5$1,923
O-1E$1,518
O-2E$1,692
O-3E$1,911
O-1$1,455
O-2$1,515
O-3$1,770
O-4$1,917
O-5$1,926
O-6$1,929
O-7$1,941
Promoting to O-7 here adds $12 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 Beaumont to Westchester County at O-6 is worth $4,704 a month — about 392 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $12 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $1,929 a month of BAH takes more than $1,929 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.