▲ RAISE+$1,035+$12,420/yr · like +$15,923 of salary
What this rate means
E-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,832 / month
Westchester County$5,832
Fort Riley$1,845
County Cost Group 680$1,842
County Cost Group 670$1,833
Fort Leonard Wood$1,833
Huntington$1,827
County Cost Group 660$1,821
Montgomery$1,818
County Cost Group 650$1,812
Columbia$1,803
Youngstown$1,491
Huntington is #300 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,341 a month —
$52,092 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Huntington0 – $2,217 / month
E-1$1,404
E-2$1,404
E-3$1,404
E-4$1,404
E-5$1,533
E-6$1,779
E-7$1,827
E-8$1,881
E-9$1,959
W-1$1,797
W-2$1,848
W-3$1,920
W-4$1,977
W-5$2,055
O-1E$1,833
O-2E$1,905
O-3E$1,989
O-1$1,569
O-2$1,776
O-3$1,917
O-4$2,073
O-5$2,190
O-6$2,205
O-7$2,217
Promoting to E-8 here adds $54 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 Huntington to Westchester County at E-7 is worth $4,005 a month — about 74 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $54 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 30% 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. $1,827 a month of BAH takes more than $1,827 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.