E-6 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,454 / month
San Francisco$5,454
Boulder$3,342
Hartford$3,330
Atlantic City$3,291
Fort G. G. Meade$3,276
Everett$3,243
Annapolis$3,228
Sitka$3,228
County Cost Group 880$3,204
Quantico$3,174
Youngstown$1,335
Everett is #60 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,119 a month —
$49,428 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Everett0 – $3,999 / month
E-1$2,568
E-2$2,568
E-3$2,568
E-4$2,568
E-5$2,748
E-6$3,243
E-7$3,363
E-8$3,489
E-9$3,630
W-1$3,264
W-2$3,414
W-3$3,570
W-4$3,651
W-5$3,753
O-1E$3,384
O-2E$3,546
O-3E$3,666
O-1$2,814
O-2$3,240
O-3$3,567
O-4$3,780
O-5$3,936
O-6$3,969
O-7$3,999
Promoting to E-7 here adds $120 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 Everett to San Francisco at E-6 is worth $2,211 a month — about 18 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $120 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $3,243 a month of BAH takes more than $3,243 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.