O-3E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,445 / month
San Francisco$5,445
County Cost Group 740$1,887
Wilkes-Barre$1,875
Paducah$1,869
Robins AFB$1,866
Holloman AFB$1,860
Topeka$1,857
County Cost Group 730$1,854
Brownsville$1,851
Peoria$1,851
Youngstown$1,347
Holloman AFB is #270 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 Holloman AFB0 – $1,911 / month
E-1$1,131
E-2$1,131
E-3$1,131
E-4$1,131
E-5$1,197
E-6$1,401
E-7$1,425
E-8$1,650
E-9$1,725
W-1$1,416
W-2$1,647
W-3$1,737
W-4$1,863
W-5$1,881
O-1E$1,587
O-2E$1,710
O-3E$1,860
O-1$1,245
O-2$1,536
O-3$1,764
O-4$1,869
O-5$1,884
O-6$1,887
O-7$1,911
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 9% 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. $1,860 a month of BAH takes more than $1,860 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.