E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco$5,127
Columbus AFB$1,398
Hattiesburg$1,395
Sparta$1,395
County Cost Group 590$1,392
Springfield$1,389
County Cost Group 580$1,380
Columbia$1,377
Wichita$1,377
Albany$1,371
County Cost Group 570$1,371
Cannon AFB$1,365
Paducah$1,365
County Cost Group 560$1,362
Lake Charles$1,356
County Cost Group 550$1,353
County Cost Group 540$1,344
County Cost Group 530$1,338
Stevens Point$1,338
County Cost Group 520$1,332
County Cost Group 510$1,329
Fort Riley$1,314
Anniston$1,185
Cannon AFB is #318 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,942 a month —
$47,304 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Cannon AFB0 – $1,968 / month
E-1$1,260
E-2$1,260
E-3$1,260
E-4$1,260
E-5$1,365
E-6$1,593
E-7$1,695
E-8$1,806
E-9$1,890
W-1$1,611
W-2$1,740
W-3$1,878
W-4$1,893
W-5$1,917
O-1E$1,713
O-2E$1,857
O-3E$1,896
O-1$1,401
O-2$1,590
O-3$1,875
O-4$1,920
O-5$1,944
O-6$1,956
O-7$1,968
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Cannon AFB to San Francisco at E-5
is worth $3,762 a month — about 17 promotions at this grade.
Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.
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.