O-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $8,208 / month
Westchester County$8,208
Dahlonega$2,934
Albuquerque$2,910
Rock Island$2,910
Kansas City$2,889
Rapid City$2,889
Fayetteville$2,886
Lexington$2,880
Lemoore NAS$2,874
Birmingham$2,865
Youngstown$1,845
Rapid City is #201 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $6,363 a month —
$76,356 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Rapid City0 – $2,889 / month
E-1$1,800
E-2$1,800
E-3$1,800
E-4$1,800
E-5$1,986
E-6$2,211
E-7$2,307
E-8$2,409
E-9$2,538
W-1$2,229
W-2$2,349
W-3$2,478
W-4$2,559
W-5$2,664
O-1E$2,322
O-2E$2,457
O-3E$2,574
O-1$2,022
O-2$2,208
O-3$2,475
O-4$2,691
O-5$2,850
O-6$2,871
O-7$2,889
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 16% 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. $2,889 a month of BAH takes more than $2,889 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.