E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco$5,127
Abilene$1,872
San Antonio (JBSA)$1,869
Pensacola$1,863
Morehead$1,851
Little Rock$1,848
Shreveport$1,845
Humboldt County$1,827
Tallahassee$1,824
Marquette$1,821
County Cost Group 780$1,815
Fort Campbell$1,815
Fort Leavenworth$1,815
Fort Bliss$1,809
Greensboro$1,809
Fort Bragg$1,806
Lansing$1,806
Robins AFB$1,800
Huntsville$1,797
State College$1,791
Corpus Christi$1,788
Lincoln$1,788
Anniston$1,185
Fort Campbell is #217 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,942 a month —
$47,304 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Fort Campbell0 – $3,048 / month
E-1$1,743
E-2$1,743
E-3$1,743
E-4$1,743
E-5$1,815
E-6$2,100
E-7$2,244
E-8$2,400
E-9$2,580
W-1$2,121
W-2$2,307
W-3$2,499
W-4$2,610
W-5$2,751
O-1E$2,271
O-2E$2,472
O-3E$2,634
O-1$1,857
O-2$2,097
O-3$2,496
O-4$2,793
O-5$3,006
O-6$3,030
O-7$3,048
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Fort Campbell to San Francisco at E-5
is worth $3,312 a month — about 12 promotions at this grade.
Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.
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.