E-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
New York City$4,833
Fort Detrick$2,016
Sacramento$2,016
Dahlgren$2,013
Eglin AFB$2,007
Atlantic City$2,004
Fort Pierce$2,004
Boulder$1,995
New London$1,989
Ketchikan$1,986
Fort Chaffee$879
Atlantic City is #67 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month —
$47,448 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Atlantic City0 – $3,669 / month
E-1$2,004
E-2$2,004
E-3$2,004
E-4$2,004
E-5$2,298
E-6$2,469
E-7$2,562
E-8$2,784
E-9$2,976
W-1$2,538
W-2$2,781
W-3$2,997
W-4$3,318
W-5$3,441
O-1E$2,652
O-2E$2,934
O-3E$3,285
O-1$2,457
O-2$2,628
O-3$3,060
O-4$3,417
O-5$3,486
O-6$3,606
O-7$3,669
Promoting to E-4 here adds $0 a
month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
01
Dependency status is worth 28% 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. $2,004 a month of BAH takes more than $2,004 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
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“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.