E-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
San Diego$3,666
Martha's Vineyard$3,663
Camp Pendleton$3,627
Kauai County$3,588
Los Angeles$3,570
Staten Island$3,549
Oakland$3,471
Miami$3,459
Hawaii County$3,447
Youngstown$1,134
Los Angeles is #17 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month —
$47,196 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Los Angeles0 – $5,526 / month
E-1$3,570
E-2$3,570
E-3$3,570
E-4$3,570
E-5$3,882
E-6$4,188
E-7$4,311
E-8$4,443
E-9$4,674
W-1$4,209
W-2$4,365
W-3$4,530
W-4$4,728
W-5$4,971
O-1E$4,332
O-2E$4,503
O-3E$4,767
O-1$3,927
O-2$4,185
O-3$4,524
O-4$5,052
O-5$5,436
O-6$5,481
O-7$5,526
Promoting to E-3 here adds $0 a
month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
01
Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $3,570 a month of BAH takes more than $3,570 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.