W-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,472 / month
San Francisco$5,472
Syracuse$2,406
Yakima$2,403
Carlisle Barracks$2,394
New Orleans$2,394
Omaha$2,394
Battle Creek$2,391
Myrtle Beach$2,379
Salt Lake City$2,376
Gainesville$2,373
Youngstown$1,350
Omaha is #170 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,122 a month —
$49,464 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Omaha0 – $3,279 / month
E-1$1,887
E-2$1,887
E-3$1,887
E-4$1,887
E-5$2,085
E-6$2,376
E-7$2,457
E-8$2,547
E-9$2,706
W-1$2,394
W-2$2,493
W-3$2,604
W-4$2,742
W-5$2,913
O-1E$2,472
O-2E$2,586
O-3E$2,769
O-1$2,127
O-2$2,373
O-3$2,601
O-4$2,967
O-5$3,231
O-6$3,258
O-7$3,279
Promoting to W-2 here adds $99 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 Omaha to San Francisco at W-1 is worth $3,078 a month — about 31 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $99 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 31% 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. $2,394 a month of BAH takes more than $2,394 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.