W-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,654 / month
Westchester County$6,654
Albuquerque$2,400
Fort Leavenworth$2,397
Louisville$2,397
Raleigh$2,394
Marquette$2,391
Nellis AFB$2,385
Waco$2,382
Bismarck$2,373
Boise$2,373
Anniston$1,689
Marquette is #205 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,965 a month —
$59,580 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Marquette0 – $2,850 / month
E-1$1,626
E-2$1,626
E-3$1,626
E-4$1,626
E-5$1,821
E-6$2,010
E-7$2,145
E-8$2,295
E-9$2,457
W-1$2,025
W-2$2,205
W-3$2,391
W-4$2,481
W-5$2,598
O-1E$2,169
O-2E$2,361
O-3E$2,502
O-1$1,851
O-2$2,007
O-3$2,385
O-4$2,634
O-5$2,811
O-6$2,832
O-7$2,850
Promoting to W-4 here adds $90 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 Marquette to Westchester County at W-3 is worth $4,263 a month — about 47 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $90 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 25% 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. $2,391 a month of BAH takes more than $2,391 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.