E-7 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,088 / month
New York City$5,088
Quantico$2,739
Willow Grove$2,736
JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst$2,715
County Cost Group 880$2,670
Hartford$2,661
Santa Fe$2,652
Sacramento$2,610
Boulder$2,607
Everett$2,574
Youngstown$1,131
Hartford is #59 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 Hartford0 – $3,810 / month
E-1$2,055
E-2$2,055
E-3$2,055
E-4$2,055
E-5$2,274
E-6$2,499
E-7$2,661
E-8$2,991
E-9$3,114
W-1$2,574
W-2$2,988
W-3$3,132
W-4$3,363
W-5$3,525
O-1E$2,898
O-2E$3,087
O-3E$3,324
O-1$2,397
O-2$2,823
O-3$3,174
O-4$3,495
O-5$3,588
O-6$3,744
O-7$3,810
Promoting to E-8 here adds $330 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 Hartford to New York City at E-7 is worth $2,427 a month — about 7 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $330 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 31% 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. $2,661 a month of BAH takes more than $2,661 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.