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Tinker Air Force Base is paid at OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, housing area OK239. An E-5 with dependents draws $1,644 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. Tinker Air Force Base sits inside OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, so that's the rate it pays.
Every pay grade at Tinker Air Force Base
| Grade | With dependents | Without | A year, with deps |
|---|---|---|---|
| E-1 | $1,542 | $1,248 | $18,504 |
| E-2 | $1,542 | $1,248 | $18,504 |
| E-3 | $1,542 | $1,248 | $18,504 |
| E-4 | $1,542 | $1,248 | $18,504 |
| E-5 | $1,644 | $1,365 | $19,728 |
| E-6 | $1,854 | $1,443 | $22,248 |
| E-7 | $1,896 | $1,542 | $22,752 |
| E-8 | $1,944 | $1,692 | $23,328 |
| E-9 | $2,034 | $1,743 | $24,408 |
| W-1 | $1,869 | $1,518 | $22,428 |
| W-2 | $1,914 | $1,689 | $22,968 |
| W-3 | $1,977 | $1,752 | $23,724 |
| W-4 | $2,055 | $1,854 | $24,660 |
| W-5 | $2,157 | $1,905 | $25,884 |
| O-1E | $1,902 | $1,641 | $22,824 |
| O-2E | $1,965 | $1,731 | $23,580 |
| O-3E | $2,070 | $1,842 | $24,840 |
| O-1 | $1,677 | $1,434 | $20,124 |
| O-2 | $1,851 | $1,614 | $22,212 |
| O-3 | $1,974 | $1,773 | $23,688 |
| O-4 | $2,184 | $1,890 | $26,208 |
| O-5 | $2,337 | $1,911 | $28,044 |
| O-6 | $2,355 | $1,953 | $28,260 |
| O-7 | $2,367 | $1,986 | $28,404 |
| O-8 | $2,367 | $1,986 | $28,404 |
| O-9 | $2,367 | $1,986 | $28,404 |
| O-10 | $2,367 | $1,986 | $28,404 |
These are the OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 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.
- Tinker Support Annex
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.