▲ RAISE+$1,293+$15,516/yr · like +$19,892 of salary
What this rate means
O-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $8,064 / month
Westchester County$8,064
White Sands MR$2,358
County Cost Group 670$2,355
Altus AFB$2,343
County Cost Group 660$2,340
Oklahoma City$2,337
County Cost Group 650$2,331
Fort Riley$2,325
County Cost Group 640$2,319
County Cost Group 630$2,310
Youngstown$1,827
Oklahoma City is #309 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $6,237 a month —
$74,844 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Oklahoma City0 – $2,367 / month
E-1$1,542
E-2$1,542
E-3$1,542
E-4$1,542
E-5$1,644
E-6$1,854
E-7$1,896
E-8$1,944
E-9$2,034
W-1$1,869
W-2$1,914
W-3$1,977
W-4$2,055
W-5$2,157
O-1E$1,902
O-2E$1,965
O-3E$2,070
O-1$1,677
O-2$1,851
O-3$1,974
O-4$2,184
O-5$2,337
O-6$2,355
O-7$2,367
Promoting to O-6 here adds $18 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 Oklahoma City to Westchester County at O-5 is worth $5,727 a month — about 318 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $18 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 22% 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. $2,337 a month of BAH takes more than $2,337 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.