O-3E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,445 / month
San Francisco$5,445
Bismarck$2,196
Nellis AFB$2,196
Fort Huachuca$2,187
Baton Rouge$2,184
Mountain Home AFB$2,181
Kansas City$2,163
Kings Bay$2,160
Jackson$2,154
Toledo$2,154
Youngstown$1,347
Mountain Home AFB is #205 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,098 a month —
$49,176 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Mountain Home AFB0 – $2,343 / month
E-1$1,521
E-2$1,521
E-3$1,521
E-4$1,521
E-5$1,524
E-6$1,641
E-7$1,680
E-8$1,725
E-9$1,899
W-1$1,656
W-2$1,722
W-3$1,920
W-4$2,196
W-5$2,250
O-1E$1,686
O-2E$1,860
O-3E$2,181
O-1$1,527
O-2$1,683
O-3$1,977
O-4$2,232
O-5$2,259
O-6$2,304
O-7$2,343
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 14% 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. $2,181 a month of BAH takes more than $2,181 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.