E-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
New York City$4,833
Lexington$1,188
Topeka$1,185
County Cost Group 740$1,179
Sparta$1,173
Fort Rucker$1,167
Cheyenne$1,161
County Cost Group 730$1,158
White Sands MR$1,155
Sumter$1,149
Fort Chaffee$879
Fort Rucker is #272 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month —
$47,448 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Fort Rucker0 – $2,283 / month
E-1$1,167
E-2$1,167
E-3$1,167
E-4$1,167
E-5$1,251
E-6$1,317
E-7$1,446
E-8$1,611
E-9$1,761
W-1$1,407
W-2$1,608
W-3$1,764
W-4$1,800
W-5$1,977
O-1E$1,569
O-2E$1,674
O-3E$1,797
O-1$1,305
O-2$1,533
O-3$1,767
O-4$1,941
O-5$2,058
O-6$2,247
O-7$2,283
Promoting to E-4 here adds $0 a
month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
01
Dependency status is worth 23% 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. $1,167 a month of BAH takes more than $1,167 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
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“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.