Honest monthly costs by rank
Real monthly costs when you PCS
Next Base Guide is a personal site for US service members and their families moving to a base. It is for every branch — Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Space Force, and Coast Guard — and for bases in the United States and overseas.
Find your baseEach guide is written for a stated pay range and location. It sticks to one question: how much comes in, how much goes out, and what is left.
Numbers that change sit in one table at the top of the guide, with the date they were last checked. If a figure is unofficial, missing, or marked check current rate, the page flags it. A sample budget is an example, not a promise.
Four base guides are published so far, all in the United Kingdom. Alconbury and Lakenheath have a cited rent ceiling for E-1 to E-5 only. Croughton and Fairford do not print a ceiling. Other pay grades, and any missing rate, are marked Needs verification. These pages do not cover every base.
Base guides
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Huntingdonshire, United Kingdom
RAF Alconbury and RAF Molesworth
All pay grades. Cited ceilings: E-1 to E-5
OHA rent ceilings, Huntingdonshire rents, energy, council tax, and a sample monthly budget for a family of four. Only E-1 to E-5 have a cited ceiling. Other pay grades are flagged.
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West Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
RAF Croughton
All pay grades. No cited rent ceiling
Housing-office rules, West Northamptonshire rents, and where to check OHA. No rent ceiling is printed on this page.
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Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
RAF Fairford
All pay grades. No cited rent ceiling
Cotswold rents and the Croughton housing office, which the wing says also serves Fairford. No rent ceiling is printed.
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Suffolk and Norfolk, United Kingdom
RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall
All pay grades. Cited ceilings: E-1 to E-5
OHA rent ceilings for locality GB352, West Suffolk and Breckland rents, energy, council tax, and a sample monthly budget for a family of four. Only E-1 to E-5 have a cited ceiling. Other pay grades are flagged.
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