E-9 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,882 / month
Westchester County$6,882
Patuxent River$2,856
Nashville$2,853
Helena$2,847
St. Louis$2,841
Richmond$2,835
Rochester$2,832
Savannah$2,823
College Station$2,820
County Cost Group 820$2,817
Anniston$1,755
Richmond is #136 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,127 a month —
$61,524 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Richmond0 – $3,276 / month
E-1$2,157
E-2$2,157
E-3$2,157
E-4$2,157
E-5$2,358
E-6$2,628
E-7$2,676
E-8$2,727
E-9$2,835
W-1$2,646
W-2$2,694
W-3$2,763
W-4$2,862
W-5$2,991
O-1E$2,682
O-2E$2,751
O-3E$2,883
O-1$2,400
O-2$2,625
O-3$2,760
O-4$3,030
O-5$3,231
O-6$3,255
O-7$3,276
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. $2,835 a month of BAH takes more than $2,835 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.