W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
Westchester County$6,036
Des Moines$2,328
Boise$2,325
County Cost Group 790$2,325
Fort Campbell$2,307
Jacksonville$2,301
Nellis AFB$2,298
Ogden$2,295
Bangor$2,292
Kings Bay$2,292
Youngstown$1,560
Jacksonville is #200 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 Jacksonville0 – $2,775 / month
E-1$2,046
E-2$2,046
E-3$2,046
E-4$2,046
E-5$2,181
E-6$2,241
E-7$2,283
E-8$2,331
E-9$2,424
W-1$2,256
W-2$2,301
W-3$2,367
W-4$2,445
W-5$2,550
O-1E$2,289
O-2E$2,355
O-3E$2,463
O-1$2,196
O-2$2,238
O-3$2,364
O-4$2,580
O-5$2,736
O-6$2,757
O-7$2,775
Promoting to W-3 here adds $66 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 Jacksonville to Westchester County at W-2 is worth $3,735 a month — about 57 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $66 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 5% 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. $2,301 a month of BAH takes more than $2,301 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.