O-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,451 / month
San Francisco$5,451
Springfield$1,821
Terre Haute$1,821
Malmstrom SFB$1,818
County Cost Group 710$1,815
Frankfort$1,812
Lubbock$1,809
County Cost Group 700$1,797
Fallon NAS$1,785
County Cost Group 690$1,782
Youngstown$1,332
Frankfort is #288 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 Frankfort0 – $2,226 / month
E-1$1,287
E-2$1,287
E-3$1,287
E-4$1,287
E-5$1,410
E-6$1,815
E-7$1,932
E-8$2,058
E-9$2,148
W-1$1,836
W-2$1,983
W-3$2,136
W-4$2,151
W-5$2,175
O-1E$1,953
O-2E$2,115
O-3E$2,154
O-1$1,464
O-2$1,812
O-3$2,133
O-4$2,178
O-5$2,199
O-6$2,214
O-7$2,226
Promoting to O-3 here adds $321 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 Frankfort to San Francisco at O-2 is worth $3,639 a month — about 11 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $321 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 25% 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. $1,812 a month of BAH takes more than $1,812 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.