W-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,472 / month
San Francisco$5,472
Kansas City$2,190
Jackson$2,181
Toledo$2,181
Fort Gordon$2,175
Kings Bay$2,172
Fort Bliss$2,169
Lexington$2,169
El Centro$2,166
Fort Knox$2,157
Youngstown$1,350
Kings Bay is #210 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,122 a month —
$49,464 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Kings Bay0 – $2,955 / month
E-1$2,016
E-2$2,016
E-3$2,016
E-4$2,016
E-5$2,133
E-6$2,157
E-7$2,250
E-8$2,352
E-9$2,499
W-1$2,172
W-2$2,292
W-3$2,421
W-4$2,529
W-5$2,664
O-1E$2,265
O-2E$2,400
O-3E$2,550
O-1$2,145
O-2$2,154
O-3$2,418
O-4$2,706
O-5$2,916
O-6$2,937
O-7$2,955
Promoting to W-2 here adds $120 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 Kings Bay to San Francisco at W-1 is worth $3,300 a month — about 28 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $120 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 9% 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. $2,172 a month of BAH takes more than $2,172 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.