O-6 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $8,136 / month
Westchester County$8,136
Fort Pierce$3,675
Great Lakes Navtracen$3,675
Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,660
Eglin AFB$3,642
Denver$3,615
County Cost Group 850$3,600
Detroit$3,582
Charlottesville$3,567
Dahlgren$3,564
Youngstown$1,839
Denver is #94 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $6,297 a month —
$75,564 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Denver0 – $3,642 / month
E-1$2,556
E-2$2,556
E-3$2,556
E-4$2,556
E-5$2,841
E-6$3,063
E-7$3,114
E-8$3,168
E-9$3,267
W-1$3,081
W-2$3,135
W-3$3,210
W-4$3,288
W-5$3,396
O-1E$3,120
O-2E$3,195
O-3E$3,306
O-1$2,874
O-2$3,060
O-3$3,207
O-4$3,426
O-5$3,588
O-6$3,615
O-7$3,642
Promoting to O-7 here adds $27 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 Denver to Westchester County at O-6 is worth $4,521 a month — about 167 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $27 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 13% 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. $3,615 a month of BAH takes more than $3,615 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.