E-9 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,286 / month
San Francisco$5,286
Durham$2,250
Salt Lake City$2,241
Memphis$2,232
Omaha$2,229
Myrtle Beach$2,226
Carlisle Barracks$2,223
County Cost Group 810$2,223
Barstow$2,214
Eastern Shore$2,214
Anniston$1,335
Myrtle Beach is #163 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,951 a month —
$47,412 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Myrtle Beach0 – $2,544 / month
E-1$1,647
E-2$1,647
E-3$1,647
E-4$1,647
E-5$1,788
E-6$1,881
E-7$1,989
E-8$2,157
E-9$2,226
W-1$1,962
W-2$2,154
W-3$2,238
W-4$2,370
W-5$2,433
O-1E$2,094
O-2E$2,211
O-3E$2,352
O-1$1,875
O-2$2,064
O-3$2,262
O-4$2,415
O-5$2,445
O-6$2,502
O-7$2,544
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 17% 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. $2,226 a month of BAH takes more than $2,226 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.