O-3E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,445 / month
San Francisco$5,445
Oklahoma City$1,842
Sparta$1,839
Wright-Patterson AFB$1,839
Lafayette$1,833
Yuma$1,833
County Cost Group 720$1,830
Fort Polk$1,827
Goodfellow AFB$1,827
Springfield$1,815
Youngstown$1,347
Yuma is #280 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 Yuma0 – $2,061 / month
E-1$1,239
E-2$1,239
E-3$1,239
E-4$1,239
E-5$1,338
E-6$1,413
E-7$1,554
E-8$1,731
E-9$1,764
W-1$1,512
W-2$1,728
W-3$1,773
W-4$1,854
W-5$1,935
O-1E$1,692
O-2E$1,758
O-3E$1,833
O-1$1,401
O-2$1,650
O-3$1,785
O-4$1,914
O-5$1,956
O-6$2,031
O-7$2,061
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. $1,833 a month of BAH takes more than $1,833 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.