O-3E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,445 / month
San Francisco$5,445
Fort Riley$1,776
Huntington$1,770
County Cost Group 680$1,764
Charleston$1,758
China Lake$1,755
County Cost Group 670$1,755
Montgomery$1,746
County Cost Group 660$1,743
Saginaw$1,740
Youngstown$1,347
China Lake is #298 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,098 a month —
$49,176 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at China Lake0 – $2,172 / month
E-1$1,344
E-2$1,344
E-3$1,344
E-4$1,344
E-5$1,428
E-6$1,485
E-7$1,530
E-8$1,611
E-9$1,680
W-1$1,527
W-2$1,608
W-3$1,683
W-4$1,794
W-5$1,941
O-1E$1,560
O-2E$1,650
O-3E$1,755
O-1$1,482
O-2$1,554
O-3$1,689
O-4$1,911
O-5$1,995
O-6$2,136
O-7$2,172
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 30% 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. $1,755 a month of BAH takes more than $1,755 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.