O-3E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,445 / month
San Francisco$5,445
Hartford$3,324
Atlantic City$3,285
Fort G. G. Meade$3,270
Everett$3,237
Annapolis$3,219
County Cost Group 880$3,195
Sitka$3,189
Quantico$3,165
Edwards AFB$3,150
Youngstown$1,347
Annapolis is #61 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,098 a month —
$49,176 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Annapolis0 – $3,477 / month
E-1$2,280
E-2$2,280
E-3$2,280
E-4$2,280
E-5$2,475
E-6$2,601
E-7$2,763
E-8$2,991
E-9$3,075
W-1$2,709
W-2$2,988
W-3$3,087
W-4$3,237
W-5$3,321
O-1E$2,925
O-2E$3,054
O-3E$3,219
O-1$2,586
O-2$2,874
O-3$3,114
O-4$3,300
O-5$3,342
O-6$3,417
O-7$3,477
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 12% 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. $3,219 a month of BAH takes more than $3,219 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.