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Camp Cook is paid at ALEXANDRIA, LA, housing area LA113. An E-5 with dependents draws $1,290 a month there, tax free.
Why the names don't matchThe DoD sets one rate per housing area, not per base, and names the area after the civilian housing market it measures. Camp Cook sits inside ALEXANDRIA, LA, so that's the rate it pays.
Every pay grade at Camp Cook
| Grade | With dependents | Without | A year, with deps |
|---|---|---|---|
| E-1 | $1,254 | $1,089 | $15,048 |
| E-2 | $1,254 | $1,089 | $15,048 |
| E-3 | $1,254 | $1,089 | $15,048 |
| E-4 | $1,254 | $1,089 | $15,048 |
| E-5 | $1,290 | $1,161 | $15,480 |
| E-6 | $1,677 | $1,257 | $20,124 |
| E-7 | $1,779 | $1,335 | $21,348 |
| E-8 | $1,884 | $1,413 | $22,608 |
| E-9 | $2,040 | $1,530 | $24,480 |
| W-1 | $1,698 | $1,275 | $20,376 |
| W-2 | $1,821 | $1,368 | $21,852 |
| W-3 | $1,953 | $1,533 | $23,436 |
| W-4 | $2,073 | $1,698 | $24,876 |
| W-5 | $2,220 | $1,800 | $26,640 |
| O-1E | $1,794 | $1,347 | $21,528 |
| O-2E | $1,935 | $1,458 | $23,220 |
| O-3E | $2,097 | $1,671 | $25,164 |
| O-1 | $1,344 | $1,212 | $16,128 |
| O-2 | $1,674 | $1,338 | $20,088 |
| O-3 | $1,950 | $1,536 | $23,400 |
| O-4 | $2,268 | $1,779 | $27,216 |
| O-5 | $2,496 | $1,872 | $29,952 |
| O-6 | $2,514 | $1,932 | $30,168 |
| O-7 | $2,529 | $1,962 | $30,348 |
| O-8 | $2,529 | $1,962 | $30,348 |
| O-9 | $2,529 | $1,962 | $30,348 |
| O-10 | $2,529 | $1,962 | $30,348 |
These are the ALEXANDRIA, LA rates, rate year 2026. Every installation in the area draws the same figure. BAH-ASCII-2026.zip
Paid at the same rate
A move between any of these changes nothing about your housing allowance, because they all draw the same rate.
- National Guard Camp Beauregard
Moving here, or away
The comparison on the front page puts this rate against whichever station you're at now and shows what the move does to the money.