O-3E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,445 / month
San Francisco$5,445
Fort Wayne$2,118
Johnson City$2,118
Columbia$2,109
Davis-Monthan AFB$2,109
Wichita Fls$2,106
Lincoln$2,103
Greensboro$2,100
Fort Campbell$2,091
Waco$2,091
Youngstown$1,347
Wichita Fls is #221 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 Wichita Fls0 – $2,343 / month
E-1$1,044
E-2$1,044
E-3$1,044
E-4$1,044
E-5$1,182
E-6$1,584
E-7$1,644
E-8$1,704
E-9$1,821
W-1$1,602
W-2$1,668
W-3$1,827
W-4$2,127
W-5$2,208
O-1E$1,653
O-2E$1,764
O-3E$2,106
O-1$1,290
O-2$1,647
O-3$1,887
O-4$2,187
O-5$2,229
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 18% 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. $2,106 a month of BAH takes more than $2,106 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.