E-7 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,088 / month
New York City$5,088
Champaign$1,527
St Mary And Terrebonne$1,527
County Cost Group 750$1,524
Moody AFB$1,512
Gulfport$1,509
White Sands MR$1,509
Topeka$1,506
Peoria$1,503
Beaumont$1,497
Youngstown$1,131
Gulfport is #271 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,957 a month —
$47,484 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Gulfport0 – $2,058 / month
E-1$1,305
E-2$1,305
E-3$1,305
E-4$1,305
E-5$1,365
E-6$1,416
E-7$1,509
E-8$1,611
E-9$1,617
W-1$1,488
W-2$1,608
W-3$1,620
W-4$1,653
W-5$1,806
O-1E$1,599
O-2E$1,614
O-3E$1,650
O-1$1,410
O-2$1,575
O-3$1,623
O-4$1,785
O-5$1,968
O-6$2,025
O-7$2,058
Promoting to E-8 here adds $102 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 Gulfport to New York City at E-7 is worth $3,579 a month — about 35 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $102 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 17% 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. $1,509 a month of BAH takes more than $1,509 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.