W-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,946 / month
Westchester County$5,946
Robins AFB$2,019
Tulsa$2,016
Fort Benning$2,010
Camp Lejeune$2,004
Brownsville$1,998
Goodfellow AFB$1,998
Sumter$1,995
White Sands MR$1,995
County Cost Group 740$1,986
Youngstown$1,527
Brownsville is #261 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 Brownsville0 – $2,187 / month
E-1$1,125
E-2$1,125
E-3$1,125
E-4$1,125
E-5$1,248
E-6$1,392
E-7$1,479
E-8$1,578
E-9$1,695
W-1$1,410
W-2$1,575
W-3$1,698
W-4$1,881
W-5$1,998
O-1E$1,500
O-2E$1,656
O-3E$1,851
O-1$1,323
O-2$1,482
O-3$1,728
O-4$1,974
O-5$2,040
O-6$2,151
O-7$2,187
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 22% 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. $1,998 a month of BAH takes more than $1,998 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.