E-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
New York City$4,833
Auburn$1,407
Waco$1,404
County Cost Group 790$1,395
Humboldt County$1,395
Indianapolis$1,395
Rock Island$1,389
Greenville$1,386
Abilene$1,380
Louisville$1,377
Fort Chaffee$879
Indianapolis is #202 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 Indianapolis0 – $2,322 / month
E-1$1,395
E-2$1,395
E-3$1,395
E-4$1,395
E-5$1,533
E-6$1,656
E-7$1,749
E-8$1,947
E-9$2,040
W-1$1,716
W-2$1,944
W-3$2,055
W-4$2,211
W-5$2,250
O-1E$1,872
O-2E$2,019
O-3E$2,202
O-1$1,617
O-2$1,836
O-3$2,085
O-4$2,238
O-5$2,253
O-6$2,286
O-7$2,322
Promoting to E-2 here adds $0 a
month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
01
Dependency status is worth 25% 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. $1,395 a month of BAH takes more than $1,395 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.