E-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
New York City$4,833
Laughlin AFB$1,110
Whiteman AFB$1,110
Sioux Falls$1,107
County Cost Group 690$1,104
Columbus AFB$1,098
County Cost Group 680$1,095
Goodfellow AFB$1,092
Alexandria$1,089
County Cost Group 670$1,089
Fort Chaffee$879
Columbus AFB is #298 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 Columbus AFB0 – $2,196 / month
E-1$1,098
E-2$1,098
E-3$1,098
E-4$1,098
E-5$1,158
E-6$1,500
E-7$1,551
E-8$1,602
E-9$1,701
W-1$1,515
W-2$1,572
W-3$1,722
W-4$2,010
W-5$2,079
O-1E$1,557
O-2E$1,659
O-3E$1,992
O-1$1,203
O-2$1,554
O-3$1,779
O-4$2,061
O-5$2,097
O-6$2,160
O-7$2,196
Promoting to E-2 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. $1,098 a month of BAH takes more than $1,098 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.