O-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,331 / month
San Francisco$5,331
Annapolis$3,114
Quantico$3,090
County Cost Group 880$3,072
Beale AFB$3,066
Everett$3,063
Atlantic City$3,060
Juneau$3,060
Denver$2,979
Edwards AFB$2,976
Youngstown$1,344
Everett is #62 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,987 a month —
$47,844 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Everett0 – $3,612 / month
E-1$2,085
E-2$2,085
E-3$2,085
E-4$2,085
E-5$2,277
E-6$2,433
E-7$2,574
E-8$2,850
E-9$2,997
W-1$2,517
W-2$2,847
W-3$3,015
W-4$3,270
W-5$3,390
O-1E$2,745
O-2E$2,964
O-3E$3,237
O-1$2,385
O-2$2,691
O-3$3,063
O-4$3,366
O-5$3,435
O-6$3,549
O-7$3,612
Promoting to O-4 here adds $303 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 O-3 is worth $2,268 a month — about 7 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $303 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 16% 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. $3,063 a month of BAH takes more than $3,063 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.