W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
Westchester County$6,036
Portland$3,936
Manchester$3,897
Washington$3,894
Hawaii County$3,891
Newport$3,813
West Palm Beach$3,798
New Haven$3,786
Fitchburg$3,780
Providence$3,747
Youngstown$1,560
Newport is #38 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,476 a month —
$53,712 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Newport0 – $4,743 / month
E-1$2,685
E-2$2,685
E-3$2,685
E-4$2,685
E-5$2,847
E-6$3,447
E-7$3,702
E-8$3,972
E-9$4,230
W-1$3,474
W-2$3,813
W-3$4,146
W-4$4,260
W-5$4,404
O-1E$3,753
O-2E$4,098
O-3E$4,284
O-1$2,925
O-2$3,441
O-3$4,137
O-4$4,446
O-5$4,668
O-6$4,707
O-7$4,743
Promoting to W-3 here adds $333 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 Newport to Westchester County at W-2 is worth $2,223 a month — about 7 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $333 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 29% 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. $3,813 a month of BAH takes more than $3,813 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.