E-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
New York City$4,833
County Cost Group 720$1,143
Erie$1,143
Hattiesburg$1,143
Lafayette$1,140
Wichita$1,137
Columbia$1,134
Holloman AFB$1,131
Peoria$1,131
County Cost Group 710$1,128
Fort Chaffee$879
Wichita is #283 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month —
$47,448 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Wichita0 – $1,950 / month
E-1$1,137
E-2$1,137
E-3$1,137
E-4$1,137
E-5$1,212
E-6$1,266
E-7$1,335
E-8$1,443
E-9$1,530
W-1$1,317
W-2$1,440
W-3$1,545
W-4$1,707
W-5$1,800
O-1E$1,374
O-2E$1,512
O-3E$1,683
O-1$1,263
O-2$1,362
O-3$1,572
O-4$1,779
O-5$1,833
O-6$1,920
O-7$1,950
Promoting to E-2 here adds $0 a
month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
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. $1,137 a month of BAH takes more than $1,137 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.