O-3E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,445 / month
San Francisco$5,445
El Centro$2,139
Fort Knox$2,130
Fort Leavenworth$2,124
County Cost Group 780$2,121
Fort Wayne$2,118
Johnson City$2,118
Columbia$2,109
Davis-Monthan AFB$2,109
Wichita Fls$2,106
Youngstown$1,347
Fort Wayne is #217 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,098 a month —
$49,176 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Fort Wayne0 – $2,220 / month
E-1$1,338
E-2$1,338
E-3$1,338
E-4$1,338
E-5$1,503
E-6$1,626
E-7$1,785
E-8$1,989
E-9$2,034
W-1$1,734
W-2$1,986
W-3$2,043
W-4$2,127
W-5$2,160
O-1E$1,944
O-2E$2,022
O-3E$2,118
O-1$1,611
O-2$1,896
O-3$2,058
O-4$2,145
O-5$2,163
O-6$2,184
O-7$2,220
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 11% 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. $2,118 a month of BAH takes more than $2,118 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.