O-6 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,633 / month
Westchester County$6,633
China Lake$2,136
County Cost Group 750$2,133
Champaign$2,130
Lansing$2,130
Laughlin AFB$2,130
Frankfort$2,115
Lexington$2,109
Columbia$2,106
San Antonio (JBSA)$2,103
Anniston$1,665
Laughlin AFB is #259 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,968 a month —
$59,616 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
Promoting to O-7 here adds $15 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 Laughlin AFB to Westchester County at O-6 is worth $4,503 a month — about 300 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $15 per grade here.
02
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. $2,130 a month of BAH takes more than $2,130 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.