W-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,963 / month
Westchester County$6,963
Hanscom AFB$5,061
Monterey$5,001
Kauai County$4,938
Essex CO$4,833
Camp Pendleton$4,824
Staten Island$4,743
Miami$4,737
San Diego$4,731
Los Angeles$4,728
Stevens Point$1,779
Camp Pendleton is #16 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,184 a month —
$62,208 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Camp Pendleton0 – $5,484 / month
E-1$3,627
E-2$3,627
E-3$3,627
E-4$3,627
E-5$3,963
E-6$4,398
E-7$4,494
E-8$4,596
E-9$4,779
W-1$4,419
W-2$4,536
W-3$4,662
W-4$4,824
W-5$5,019
O-1E$4,512
O-2E$4,644
O-3E$4,854
O-1$4,023
O-2$4,395
O-3$4,659
O-4$5,085
O-5$5,391
O-6$5,439
O-7$5,484
Promoting to W-5 here adds $195 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 Camp Pendleton to Westchester County at W-4 is worth $2,139 a month — about 11 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $195 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 9% 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. $4,824 a month of BAH takes more than $4,824 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.