▲ RAISE+$1,284+$15,408/yr · like +$19,754 of salary
What this rate means
W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
Westchester County$6,036
Altus AFB$1,704
Hattiesburg$1,701
Monroe$1,680
Vance AFB$1,671
Fort Sill$1,632
Anniston$1,590
Youngstown$1,560
Fort Sill is #336 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,476 a month —
$53,712 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Fort Sill0 – $2,298 / month
E-1$1,203
E-2$1,203
E-3$1,203
E-4$1,203
E-5$1,233
E-6$1,494
E-7$1,587
E-8$1,692
E-9$1,842
W-1$1,509
W-2$1,632
W-3$1,761
W-4$1,872
W-5$2,013
O-1E$1,605
O-2E$1,740
O-3E$1,893
O-1$1,272
O-2$1,491
O-3$1,758
O-4$2,055
O-5$2,271
O-6$2,286
O-7$2,298
Promoting to W-3 here adds $129 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 Sill to Westchester County at W-2 is worth $4,404 a month — about 34 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $129 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 27% 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. $1,632 a month of BAH takes more than $1,632 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.