▲ RAISE+$1,080+$12,960/yr · like +$16,615 of salary
What this rate means
W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
Westchester County$6,036
County Cost Group 660$1,851
Huntington$1,848
Montgomery$1,845
County Cost Group 650$1,842
Gulfport$1,836
St Mary And Terrebonne$1,836
County Cost Group 640$1,833
County Cost Group 630$1,827
Fort Chaffee$1,827
Youngstown$1,560
Gulfport is #305 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 Gulfport0 – $2,658 / month
E-1$1,509
E-2$1,509
E-3$1,509
E-4$1,509
E-5$1,602
E-6$1,620
E-7$1,770
E-8$1,938
E-9$2,139
W-1$1,635
W-2$1,836
W-3$2,046
W-4$2,175
W-5$2,331
O-1E$1,800
O-2E$2,016
O-3E$2,199
O-1$1,614
O-2$1,617
O-3$2,040
O-4$2,379
O-5$2,625
O-6$2,643
O-7$2,658
Promoting to W-3 here adds $210 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 Westchester County at W-2 is worth $4,200 a month — about 20 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $210 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 14% 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. $1,836 a month of BAH takes more than $1,836 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.