E-7 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,088 / month
New York City$5,088
Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,274
Patuxent River$2,271
St. Louis$2,271
Bremerton$2,265
Allentown$2,262
Atlanta$2,262
Minneapolis$2,262
Charlottesville$2,259
County Cost Group 850$2,253
Youngstown$1,131
Allentown is #101 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,957 a month —
$47,484 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Allentown0 – $2,883 / month
E-1$1,749
E-2$1,749
E-3$1,749
E-4$1,749
E-5$2,001
E-6$2,151
E-7$2,262
E-8$2,472
E-9$2,607
W-1$2,232
W-2$2,469
W-3$2,625
W-4$2,838
W-5$2,850
O-1E$2,370
O-2E$2,577
O-3E$2,835
O-1$2,142
O-2$2,340
O-3$2,670
O-4$2,841
O-5$2,853
O-6$2,856
O-7$2,883
Promoting to E-8 here adds $210 a
month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
01
Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Allentown to New York City at E-7 is worth $2,826 a month — about 13 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $210 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 27% 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. $2,262 a month of BAH takes more than $2,262 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.