W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
Westchester County$6,036
Portland$2,898
Bremerton$2,895
Great Lakes Navtracen$2,895
Charlottesville$2,889
Fresno$2,883
County Cost Group 850$2,880
Allentown$2,871
Abilene$2,850
Minneapolis$2,847
Youngstown$1,560
Fresno is #106 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,476 a month —
$53,712 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Fresno0 – $3,465 / month
E-1$2,175
E-2$2,175
E-3$2,175
E-4$2,175
E-5$2,439
E-6$2,826
E-7$2,868
E-8$2,910
E-9$3,015
W-1$2,847
W-2$2,883
W-3$2,940
W-4$3,042
W-5$3,174
O-1E$2,871
O-2E$2,928
O-3E$3,063
O-1$2,490
O-2$2,823
O-3$2,937
O-4$3,213
O-5$3,414
O-6$3,441
O-7$3,465
Promoting to W-3 here adds $57 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 Fresno to Westchester County at W-2 is worth $3,153 a month — about 55 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $57 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 15% 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. $2,883 a month of BAH takes more than $2,883 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.