E-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
New York City$4,833
Tulsa$1,236
Grand Forks$1,233
Scott AFB$1,233
St Mary And Terrebonne$1,233
Champaign$1,230
Lansing$1,224
Wright-Patterson AFB$1,224
Marquette$1,221
County Cost Group 750$1,215
Fort Chaffee$879
Champaign is #258 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month —
$47,448 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Champaign0 – $2,145 / month
E-1$1,230
E-2$1,230
E-3$1,230
E-4$1,230
E-5$1,329
E-6$1,485
E-7$1,527
E-8$1,632
E-9$1,761
W-1$1,500
W-2$1,629
W-3$1,776
W-4$1,989
W-5$2,046
O-1E$1,536
O-2E$1,731
O-3E$1,974
O-1$1,392
O-2$1,530
O-3$1,818
O-4$2,028
O-5$2,115
O-6$2,130
O-7$2,145
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 19% 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. $1,230 a month of BAH takes more than $1,230 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.