E-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
Des Moines$1,593
Camp Lejeune$1,578
Fallon NAS$1,578
Fort Knox$1,575
Fort Drum$1,569
Fort Huachuca$1,569
County Cost Group 760$1,566
Mountain Home AFB$1,563
Yuma$1,551
Youngstown$1,134
Fort Drum is #243 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 Fort Drum0 – $2,823 / month
E-1$1,569
E-2$1,569
E-3$1,569
E-4$1,569
E-5$1,665
E-6$1,893
E-7$2,103
E-8$2,331
E-9$2,526
W-1$1,914
W-2$2,196
W-3$2,478
W-4$2,544
W-5$2,631
O-1E$2,145
O-2E$2,436
O-3E$2,559
O-1$1,701
O-2$1,890
O-3$2,469
O-4$2,655
O-5$2,784
O-6$2,805
O-7$2,823
Promoting to E-2 here adds $0 a
month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
01
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. $1,569 a month of BAH takes more than $1,569 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
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“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.