E-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
New York City$4,833
Perth Amboy$2,592
Essex CO$2,589
Hawaii County$2,586
Marin$2,529
Fort Monmouth$2,523
West Point$2,514
Monterey$2,493
Indian Head Navordsta$2,472
Chicago$2,415
Fort Chaffee$879
Fort Monmouth is #27 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month —
$47,448 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Fort Monmouth0 – $4,392 / month
E-1$2,523
E-2$2,523
E-3$2,523
E-4$2,523
E-5$2,940
E-6$3,180
E-7$3,363
E-8$3,657
E-9$3,816
W-1$3,300
W-2$3,654
W-3$3,834
W-4$4,098
W-5$4,194
O-1E$3,546
O-2E$3,780
O-3E$4,074
O-1$3,159
O-2$3,486
O-3$3,888
O-4$4,173
O-5$4,224
O-6$4,314
O-7$4,392
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 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. $2,523 a month of BAH takes more than $2,523 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.