W-5 with dependents, every station0 – $5,019 / month
Camp Pendleton$5,019
San Diego$4,992
Honolulu County$4,692
JB Elmendorf-Richardson$3,723
JB Lewis-McChord$3,297
Norfolk$3,000
Fort Stewart$2,859
Fort Carson$2,754
Fort Campbell$2,751
Fort Drum$2,631
Fort Hood$2,544
Fort Bragg$2,391
Fort Bliss$2,334
Camp Lejeune$2,316
San Antonio (JBSA)$2,280
Fort Benning$2,262
Fort Riley$2,139
Fort Riley is #17 of 17. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $2,880 a month —
$34,560 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
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 15% 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. $2,139 a month of BAH takes more than $2,139 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.