W-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,338 / month
Westchester County$7,338
County Cost Group 880$3,807
Austin$3,771
Annapolis$3,762
Everett$3,753
Ann Arbor$3,735
Vallejo$3,729
JB Elmendorf-Richardson$3,723
Madison$3,711
Fort G. G. Meade$3,708
Youngstown$1,806
Ann Arbor is #61 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,532 a month —
$66,384 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Ann Arbor0 – $4,191 / month
E-1$2,292
E-2$2,292
E-3$2,292
E-4$2,292
E-5$2,559
E-6$3,078
E-7$3,180
E-8$3,291
E-9$3,483
W-1$3,099
W-2$3,225
W-3$3,360
W-4$3,528
W-5$3,735
O-1E$3,198
O-2E$3,339
O-3E$3,561
O-1$2,628
O-2$3,075
O-3$3,357
O-4$3,804
O-5$4,128
O-6$4,161
O-7$4,191
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 17% 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. $3,735 a month of BAH takes more than $3,735 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.