E-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
Rome$1,929
County Cost Group 810$1,923
Duluth$1,917
Astoria$1,914
El Centro$1,905
Carlisle Barracks$1,902
Eastern Panhandle$1,899
Twenty Nine Palms MCB$1,896
Barstow$1,890
Youngstown$1,134
El Centro is #172 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month —
$47,196 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at El Centro0 – $3,018 / month
E-1$1,905
E-2$1,905
E-3$1,905
E-4$1,905
E-5$1,986
E-6$2,151
E-7$2,334
E-8$2,541
E-9$2,721
W-1$2,166
W-2$2,418
W-3$2,673
W-4$2,739
W-5$2,823
O-1E$2,373
O-2E$2,634
O-3E$2,751
O-1$2,013
O-2$2,148
O-3$2,664
O-4$2,847
O-5$2,976
O-6$2,997
O-7$3,018
Promoting to E-3 here adds $0 a
month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
01
Dependency status is worth 27% 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. $1,905 a month of BAH takes more than $1,905 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.