W-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,963 / month
Westchester County$6,963
Washington$4,167
West Palm Beach$4,155
Providence$4,131
Hawaii County$4,014
New Haven$4,005
County Cost Group 890$3,984
Worcester$3,963
Vandenberg SFB$3,906
Hartford$3,903
Stevens Point$1,779
New Haven is #42 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,184 a month —
$62,208 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at New Haven0 – $4,665 / month
E-1$2,955
E-2$2,955
E-3$2,955
E-4$2,955
E-5$3,069
E-6$3,723
E-7$3,768
E-8$3,813
E-9$3,963
W-1$3,744
W-2$3,786
W-3$3,846
W-4$4,005
W-5$4,206
O-1E$3,771
O-2E$3,834
O-3E$4,038
O-1$3,150
O-2$3,714
O-3$3,843
O-4$4,275
O-5$4,590
O-6$4,629
O-7$4,665
Promoting to W-5 here adds $201 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 New Haven to Westchester County at W-4 is worth $2,958 a month — about 15 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $201 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 7% 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. $4,005 a month of BAH takes more than $4,005 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.