E-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
Peoria$1,506
Moody AFB$1,503
Topeka$1,503
White Sands MR$1,503
Bismarck$1,500
Seymour Johnson AFB$1,500
Beaumont$1,488
County Cost Group 740$1,476
Champaign$1,467
Youngstown$1,134
Bismarck is #265 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month —
$47,196 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Bismarck0 – $2,409 / month
E-1$1,500
E-2$1,500
E-3$1,500
E-4$1,500
E-5$1,596
E-6$2,202
E-7$2,262
E-8$2,328
E-9$2,376
W-1$2,223
W-2$2,289
W-3$2,373
W-4$2,379
W-5$2,385
O-1E$2,271
O-2E$2,358
O-3E$2,382
O-1$1,674
O-2$2,196
O-3$2,370
O-4$2,388
O-5$2,391
O-6$2,397
O-7$2,409
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 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. $1,500 a month of BAH takes more than $1,500 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.