▲ RAISE+$1,020+$12,240/yr · like +$15,692 of salary
What this rate means
W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
Westchester County$6,036
Terre Haute$1,917
Oklahoma City$1,914
County Cost Group 700$1,902
Lubbock$1,902
Holloman AFB$1,896
County Cost Group 690$1,887
Fort Polk$1,887
Sparta$1,887
Columbia$1,884
Youngstown$1,560
Holloman AFB is #292 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 Holloman AFB0 – $2,406 / month
E-1$1,419
E-2$1,419
E-3$1,419
E-4$1,419
E-5$1,590
E-6$1,869
E-7$1,890
E-8$1,899
E-9$1,980
W-1$1,887
W-2$1,896
W-3$1,908
W-4$2,007
W-5$2,136
O-1E$1,893
O-2E$1,902
O-3E$2,028
O-1$1,632
O-2$1,866
O-3$1,905
O-4$2,175
O-5$2,376
O-6$2,394
O-7$2,406
Promoting to W-3 here adds $12 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 Holloman AFB to Westchester County at W-2 is worth $4,140 a month — about 345 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $12 per grade here.
02
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. $1,896 a month of BAH takes more than $1,896 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.