W-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,338 / month
Westchester County$7,338
Baton Rouge$2,472
Lincoln$2,472
Champaign$2,466
Lansing$2,466
Laughlin AFB$2,466
Fort Wayne$2,463
Mobile$2,463
Robins AFB$2,451
Greensboro$2,445
Youngstown$1,806
Laughlin AFB is #237 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,532 a month —
$66,384 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Laughlin AFB0 – $2,859 / month
E-1$1,371
E-2$1,371
E-3$1,371
E-4$1,371
E-5$1,470
E-6$1,704
E-7$1,854
E-8$2,019
E-9$2,238
W-1$1,722
W-2$1,923
W-3$2,127
W-4$2,280
W-5$2,466
O-1E$1,884
O-2E$2,097
O-3E$2,307
O-1$1,506
O-2$1,701
O-3$2,121
O-4$2,526
O-5$2,820
O-6$2,841
O-7$2,859
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 30% 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. $2,466 a month of BAH takes more than $2,466 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.