▲ RAISE+$1,041+$12,492/yr · like +$16,015 of salary
What this rate means
W-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,654 / month
Westchester County$6,654
County Cost Group 720$2,043
Lafayette$2,043
Peoria$2,043
Fort Leonard Wood$2,034
Morgantown$2,034
Paducah$2,034
County Cost Group 710$2,019
St Mary And Terrebonne$2,013
Moody AFB$2,007
Anniston$1,689
Morgantown is #281 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 Morgantown0 – $2,646 / month
E-1$1,440
E-2$1,440
E-3$1,440
E-4$1,440
E-5$1,641
E-6$1,917
E-7$1,956
E-8$2,001
E-9$2,124
W-1$1,935
W-2$1,974
W-3$2,034
W-4$2,157
W-5$2,316
O-1E$1,962
O-2E$2,022
O-3E$2,184
O-1$1,683
O-2$1,914
O-3$2,031
O-4$2,367
O-5$2,613
O-6$2,631
O-7$2,646
Promoting to W-4 here adds $123 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 Morgantown to Westchester County at W-3 is worth $4,620 a month — about 38 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $123 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 14% 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. $2,034 a month of BAH takes more than $2,034 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.