E-6 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,070 / month
New York City$5,070
Portland$2,064
Whidbey Island$2,058
Ocala$2,055
Rome$2,055
Dahlonega$2,052
Dover AFB$2,052
Fort Stewart$2,049
Norfolk$2,043
Brunswick$2,040
Youngstown$1,077
Dahlonega is #121 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,993 a month —
$47,916 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Dahlonega0 – $2,544 / month
E-1$1,746
E-2$1,746
E-3$1,746
E-4$1,746
E-5$1,938
E-6$2,052
E-7$2,130
E-8$2,274
E-9$2,358
W-1$2,115
W-2$2,271
W-3$2,370
W-4$2,508
W-5$2,517
O-1E$2,205
O-2E$2,337
O-3E$2,505
O-1$2,049
O-2$2,187
O-3$2,400
O-4$2,511
O-5$2,520
O-6$2,523
O-7$2,544
Promoting to E-7 here adds $78 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 Dahlonega to New York City at E-6 is worth $3,018 a month — about 39 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $78 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 23% 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. $2,052 a month of BAH takes more than $2,052 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.