▲ RAISE+$1,098+$13,176/yr · like +$16,892 of salary
What this rate means
W-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,963 / month
Westchester County$6,963
County Cost Group 720$2,130
Moody AFB$2,130
Lubbock$2,121
County Cost Group 710$2,106
Little Rock$2,100
Sault Ste Marie$2,097
Springfield$2,094
Lake Charles$2,088
County Cost Group 700$2,085
Stevens Point$1,779
Little Rock is #289 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,184 a month —
$62,208 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Little Rock0 – $2,634 / month
E-1$1,758
E-2$1,758
E-3$1,758
E-4$1,758
E-5$1,848
E-6$1,941
E-7$1,959
E-8$1,968
E-9$2,061
W-1$1,956
W-2$1,965
W-3$1,977
W-4$2,100
W-5$2,274
O-1E$1,962
O-2E$1,971
O-3E$2,127
O-1$1,869
O-2$1,938
O-3$1,974
O-4$2,328
O-5$2,598
O-6$2,619
O-7$2,634
Promoting to W-5 here adds $174 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 Little Rock to Westchester County at W-4 is worth $4,863 a month — about 28 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $174 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 9% 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. $2,100 a month of BAH takes more than $2,100 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.