E-9 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,286 / month
San Francisco$5,286
Columbus AFB$1,701
Brownsville$1,695
County Cost Group 720$1,686
China Lake$1,680
Laughlin AFB$1,680
Springfield$1,674
County Cost Group 710$1,665
Terre Haute$1,656
Huntington$1,653
Anniston$1,335
Laughlin AFB is #285 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,951 a month —
$47,412 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Laughlin AFB0 – $2,145 / month
E-1$1,110
E-2$1,110
E-3$1,110
E-4$1,110
E-5$1,209
E-6$1,275
E-7$1,392
E-8$1,521
E-9$1,680
W-1$1,350
W-2$1,518
W-3$1,683
W-4$1,734
W-5$1,899
O-1E$1,467
O-2E$1,572
O-3E$1,731
O-1$1,269
O-2$1,440
O-3$1,686
O-4$1,896
O-5$2,115
O-6$2,130
O-7$2,145
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $1,680 a month of BAH takes more than $1,680 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.