▲ RAISE+$1,227+$14,724/yr · like +$18,877 of salary
What this rate means
O-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,470 / month
Westchester County$7,470
Oklahoma City$2,184
Frankfort$2,178
County Cost Group 660$2,175
Holloman AFB$2,175
Fort Riley$2,169
County Cost Group 650$2,163
Vance AFB$2,163
Hattiesburg$2,160
County Cost Group 640$2,154
Youngstown$1,809
Fort Riley is #308 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,661 a month —
$67,932 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Fort Riley0 – $2,352 / month
E-1$1,272
E-2$1,272
E-3$1,272
E-4$1,272
E-5$1,314
E-6$1,782
E-7$1,845
E-8$1,911
E-9$2,013
W-1$1,803
W-2$1,872
W-3$1,956
W-4$2,037
W-5$2,139
O-1E$1,854
O-2E$1,941
O-3E$2,052
O-1$1,377
O-2$1,779
O-3$1,953
O-4$2,169
O-5$2,325
O-6$2,340
O-7$2,352
Promoting to O-5 here adds $156 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 Riley to Westchester County at O-4 is worth $5,301 a month — about 34 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $156 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 18% 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. $2,169 a month of BAH takes more than $2,169 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.