E-2 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
New York City$4,833
Erie$1,143
Hattiesburg$1,143
Lafayette$1,140
Wichita$1,137
Columbia$1,134
Holloman AFB$1,131
Peoria$1,131
County Cost Group 710$1,128
Bismarck$1,125
Fort Chaffee$879
Columbia is #284 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 Columbia0 – $2,139 / month
E-1$1,134
E-2$1,134
E-3$1,134
E-4$1,134
E-5$1,161
E-6$1,215
E-7$1,353
E-8$1,500
E-9$1,650
W-1$1,266
W-2$1,428
W-3$1,653
W-4$1,689
W-5$1,848
O-1E$1,380
O-2E$1,569
O-3E$1,686
O-1$1,191
O-2$1,356
O-3$1,656
O-4$1,812
O-5$1,938
O-6$2,106
O-7$2,139
Promoting to E-3 here adds $0 a
month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
01
Dependency status is worth 13% 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. $1,134 a month of BAH takes more than $1,134 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.