W-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,963 / month
Westchester County$6,963
County Cost Group 850$3,129
Bremerton$3,126
Dover AFB$3,066
Corvallis$3,063
Fairbanks$3,045
Fresno$3,042
Knoxville$3,036
Asheville$3,033
Orlando$3,033
Stevens Point$1,779
Fairbanks is #107 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,184 a month —
$62,208 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Fairbanks0 – $3,456 / month
E-1$2,106
E-2$2,106
E-3$2,106
E-4$2,106
E-5$2,436
E-6$2,454
E-7$2,610
E-8$2,814
E-9$3,018
W-1$2,457
W-2$2,694
W-3$2,943
W-4$3,045
W-5$3,171
O-1E$2,646
O-2E$2,907
O-3E$3,066
O-1$2,448
O-2$2,451
O-3$2,937
O-4$3,210
O-5$3,405
O-6$3,432
O-7$3,456
Promoting to W-5 here adds $126 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 Fairbanks to Westchester County at W-4 is worth $3,918 a month — about 31 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $126 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 24% 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. $3,045 a month of BAH takes more than $3,045 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.