W-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,946 / month
Westchester County$5,946
Mountain Home AFB$2,250
Pensacola$2,241
Kansas City$2,232
County Cost Group 780$2,226
Johnson City$2,223
Waco$2,223
Morehead$2,214
Wichita Fls$2,208
Fort Huachuca$2,199
Youngstown$1,527
Johnson City is #214 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,419 a month —
$53,028 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Johnson City0 – $2,364 / month
E-1$1,125
E-2$1,125
E-3$1,125
E-4$1,125
E-5$1,287
E-6$1,593
E-7$1,653
E-8$1,719
E-9$1,839
W-1$1,611
W-2$1,680
W-3$1,860
W-4$2,139
W-5$2,223
O-1E$1,665
O-2E$1,800
O-3E$2,118
O-1$1,380
O-2$1,656
O-3$1,914
O-4$2,202
O-5$2,247
O-6$2,325
O-7$2,364
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 18% 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. $2,223 a month of BAH takes more than $2,223 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.