E-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
Sioux Falls$1,428
County Cost Group 720$1,425
Holloman AFB$1,419
Lubbock$1,416
Brownsville$1,413
County Cost Group 710$1,404
Huntington$1,404
Terre Haute$1,401
Wichita Fls$1,392
Youngstown$1,134
Brownsville is #285 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 Brownsville0 – $2,757 / month
E-1$1,413
E-2$1,413
E-3$1,413
E-4$1,413
E-5$1,503
E-6$1,860
E-7$1,971
E-8$2,094
E-9$2,259
W-1$1,878
W-2$2,022
W-3$2,172
W-4$2,292
W-5$2,442
O-1E$1,992
O-2E$2,148
O-3E$2,316
O-1$1,551
O-2$1,857
O-3$2,169
O-4$2,490
O-5$2,721
O-6$2,742
O-7$2,757
Promoting to E-2 here adds $0 a
month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
01
Dependency status is worth 26% 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. $1,413 a month of BAH takes more than $1,413 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.