O-6 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,633 / month
Westchester County$6,633
Hampton$2,451
Charlotte$2,448
Cleveland$2,436
Fort Worth$2,433
Lemoore NAS$2,430
Cheyenne$2,424
Grand Rapids$2,421
Ocala$2,418
Des Moines$2,415
Anniston$1,665
Lemoore NAS is #190 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 Lemoore NAS0 – $2,469 / month
E-1$1,581
E-2$1,581
E-3$1,581
E-4$1,581
E-5$1,680
E-6$1,764
E-7$1,950
E-8$2,175
E-9$2,202
W-1$1,884
W-2$2,172
W-3$2,211
W-4$2,283
W-5$2,352
O-1E$2,136
O-2E$2,196
O-3E$2,265
O-1$1,743
O-2$2,079
O-3$2,220
O-4$2,334
O-5$2,367
O-6$2,430
O-7$2,469
Promoting to O-7 here adds $39 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 Lemoore NAS to Westchester County at O-6 is worth $4,203 a month — about 108 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $39 per grade here.
02
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. $2,430 a month of BAH takes more than $2,430 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.