O-1E with dependents, every station0 – $4,512 / month
Camp Pendleton$4,512
San Diego$4,449
Honolulu County$4,137
JB Elmendorf-Richardson$3,078
JB Lewis-McChord$3,006
Norfolk$2,613
Fort Stewart$2,502
Fort Carson$2,496
Fort Campbell$2,271
Fort Bliss$2,175
Fort Drum$2,145
San Antonio (JBSA)$2,115
Fort Hood$2,100
Fort Bragg$2,097
Fort Benning$2,007
Camp Lejeune$2,001
Fort Riley$1,854
Camp Lejeune is #16 of 17. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $2,658 a month —
$31,896 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Camp Lejeune0 – $2,586 / month
E-1$1,578
E-2$1,578
E-3$1,578
E-4$1,578
E-5$1,584
E-6$1,944
E-7$1,995
E-8$2,049
E-9$2,160
W-1$1,962
W-2$2,016
W-3$2,088
W-4$2,187
W-5$2,316
O-1E$2,001
O-2E$2,073
O-3E$2,208
O-1$1,635
O-2$1,941
O-3$2,085
O-4$2,355
O-5$2,553
O-6$2,571
O-7$2,586
Promoting to O-2E here adds $72 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 Camp Lejeune to Camp Pendleton at O-1E is worth $2,511 a month — about 35 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $72 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 25% 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. $2,001 a month of BAH takes more than $2,001 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.