E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco$5,127
Long Island$4,425
Nantucket$4,344
Maui County$4,329
Hanscom AFB$4,188
Martha's Vineyard$3,984
San Diego$3,975
Florida Keys$3,969
Camp Pendleton$3,963
Cape Cod-Plymouth$3,924
Los Angeles$3,882
Kauai County$3,798
Oakland$3,759
Staten Island$3,735
Honolulu County$3,663
Miami$3,660
Hawaii County$3,594
Fort Monmouth$3,549
Ventura$3,537
Essex CO$3,477
West Point$3,468
Monterey$3,465
Anniston$1,185
Kauai County is #17 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,942 a month —
$47,304 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Kauai County0 – $5,991 / month
E-1$3,588
E-2$3,588
E-3$3,588
E-4$3,588
E-5$3,798
E-6$4,266
E-7$4,410
E-8$4,566
E-9$4,863
W-1$4,287
W-2$4,476
W-3$4,668
W-4$4,938
W-5$5,262
O-1E$4,440
O-2E$4,638
O-3E$4,986
O-1$3,861
O-2$4,260
O-3$4,662
O-4$5,376
O-5$5,892
O-6$5,943
O-7$5,991
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Kauai County to San Francisco at E-5
is worth $1,329 a month — about 3 promotions at this grade.
Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.
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.