E-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,832 / month
Westchester County$5,832
Sacramento$2,997
Baltimore$2,994
Fort Myers Beach$2,994
JB Lewis-McChord$2,994
Orlando$2,982
Kodiak Island$2,970
Astoria$2,949
Port Angeles$2,940
County Cost Group 860$2,922
Youngstown$1,491
Orlando is #88 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,341 a month —
$52,092 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Orlando0 – $3,303 / month
E-1$2,454
E-2$2,454
E-3$2,454
E-4$2,454
E-5$2,658
E-6$2,961
E-7$2,982
E-8$2,991
E-9$3,018
W-1$2,979
W-2$2,988
W-3$3,000
W-4$3,033
W-5$3,114
O-1E$2,985
O-2E$2,994
O-3E$3,045
O-1$2,700
O-2$2,958
O-3$2,997
O-4$3,135
O-5$3,255
O-6$3,282
O-7$3,303
Promoting to E-8 here adds $9 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 Orlando to Westchester County at E-7 is worth $2,850 a month — about 317 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $9 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 21% 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. $2,982 a month of BAH takes more than $2,982 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.