O-7 without dependents, every station0 – $4,725 / month
Camp Pendleton$4,725
San Diego$4,575
Honolulu County$4,494
JB Elmendorf-Richardson$3,405
JB Lewis-McChord$3,156
Norfolk$2,718
Fort Stewart$2,619
Fort Carson$2,616
Fort Campbell$2,520
Fort Drum$2,496
Fort Hood$2,361
Fort Bliss$2,214
Fort Bragg$2,190
San Antonio (JBSA)$2,112
Camp Lejeune$2,097
Fort Benning$2,067
Fort Riley$1,965
JB Elmendorf-Richardson is #4 of 17. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $2,760 a month —
$33,120 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at JB Elmendorf-Richardson0 – $3,405 / month
E-1$1,707
E-2$1,707
E-3$1,707
E-4$1,707
E-5$2,157
E-6$2,169
E-7$2,283
E-8$2,430
E-9$2,616
W-1$2,172
W-2$2,385
W-3$2,619
W-4$2,901
W-5$3,087
O-1E$2,310
O-2E$2,523
O-3E$2,853
O-1$2,166
O-2$2,286
O-3$2,643
O-4$3,051
O-5$3,162
O-6$3,348
O-7$3,405
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 22% 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. $3,405 a month of BAH takes more than $3,405 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.