E-6 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,454 / month
San Francisco$5,454
Indianapolis$2,208
Nellis AFB$2,208
Bismarck$2,202
Baton Rouge$2,193
Fort Huachuca$2,193
Mountain Home AFB$2,187
Kansas City$2,175
Toledo$2,166
Jackson$2,163
Youngstown$1,335
Fort Huachuca is #204 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,119 a month —
$49,428 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Fort Huachuca0 – $2,511 / month
E-1$1,569
E-2$1,569
E-3$1,569
E-4$1,569
E-5$1,719
E-6$2,193
E-7$2,217
E-8$2,226
E-9$2,250
W-1$2,214
W-2$2,223
W-3$2,235
W-4$2,265
W-5$2,343
O-1E$2,220
O-2E$2,229
O-3E$2,277
O-1$1,782
O-2$2,190
O-3$2,232
O-4$2,364
O-5$2,481
O-6$2,499
O-7$2,511
Promoting to E-7 here adds $24 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 Fort Huachuca to San Francisco at E-6 is worth $3,261 a month — about 136 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $24 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $2,193 a month of BAH takes more than $2,193 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.