E-9 without dependents, every station0 – $4,188 / month
San Diego$4,188
Camp Pendleton$4,182
Honolulu County$3,783
JB Lewis-McChord$2,736
JB Elmendorf-Richardson$2,616
Norfolk$2,487
Fort Carson$2,388
Fort Stewart$2,367
San Antonio (JBSA)$1,977
Fort Bliss$1,977
Fort Campbell$1,956
Fort Bragg$1,923
Fort Drum$1,896
Fort Benning$1,842
Fort Hood$1,806
Camp Lejeune$1,761
Fort Riley$1,548
Fort Carson is #7 of 17. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $2,640 a month —
$31,680 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Fort Carson0 – $2,616 / month
E-1$1,689
E-2$1,689
E-3$1,689
E-4$1,689
E-5$1,860
E-6$1,980
E-7$2,166
E-8$2,379
E-9$2,388
W-1$2,103
W-2$2,376
W-3$2,394
W-4$2,436
W-5$2,502
O-1E$2,355
O-2E$2,385
O-3E$2,418
O-1$1,959
O-2$2,295
O-3$2,397
O-4$2,484
O-5$2,517
O-6$2,574
O-7$2,616
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 11% 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. $2,388 a month of BAH takes more than $2,388 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.