O-6 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,633 / month
Westchester County$6,633
Omaha$2,583
Fort Stewart$2,577
Fort Carson$2,574
Tallahassee$2,565
Columbus$2,562
State College$2,562
Birmingham$2,538
Carlisle Barracks$2,538
Grand Haven$2,532
Anniston$1,665
Columbus is #163 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,968 a month —
$59,616 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Columbus0 – $2,604 / month
E-1$1,422
E-2$1,422
E-3$1,422
E-4$1,422
E-5$1,587
E-6$1,692
E-7$1,782
E-8$1,953
E-9$2,055
W-1$1,761
W-2$1,950
W-3$2,070
W-4$2,262
W-5$2,391
O-1E$1,872
O-2E$2,031
O-3E$2,232
O-1$1,686
O-2$1,848
O-3$2,103
O-4$2,364
O-5$2,439
O-6$2,562
O-7$2,604
Promoting to O-7 here adds $42 a
month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
01
Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Columbus to Westchester County at O-6 is worth $4,071 a month — about 97 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $42 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 16% 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. $2,562 a month of BAH takes more than $2,562 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.