O-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
County Cost Group 840$2,007
Portland$2,004
Traverse City$1,998
Great Lakes Navtracen$1,977
Dallas$1,968
Fort Carson$1,959
Minneapolis$1,953
Nashville$1,953
Panama City$1,953
Youngstown$1,074
Dallas is #119 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,993 a month —
$47,916 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Dallas0 – $2,871 / month
E-1$1,665
E-2$1,665
E-3$1,665
E-4$1,665
E-5$1,851
E-6$2,103
E-7$2,229
E-8$2,541
E-9$2,637
W-1$2,142
W-2$2,538
W-3$2,649
W-4$2,805
W-5$2,823
O-1E$2,466
O-2E$2,613
O-3E$2,799
O-1$1,968
O-2$2,388
O-3$2,682
O-4$2,811
O-5$2,826
O-6$2,829
O-7$2,871
Promoting to O-2 here adds $420 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 Dallas to New York City at O-1 is worth $3,099 a month — about 7 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $420 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 28% 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. $1,968 a month of BAH takes more than $1,968 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.