O-3E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,445 / month
San Francisco$5,445
Tampa$3,036
County Cost Group 870$2,991
Philadelphia$2,970
Sacramento$2,964
Orlando$2,952
Outer Banks$2,937
Stockton$2,925
JB Lewis-McChord$2,913
Fort Myers Beach$2,910
Youngstown$1,347
Orlando is #76 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,098 a month —
$49,176 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Orlando0 – $3,000 / month
E-1$1,842
E-2$1,842
E-3$1,842
E-4$1,842
E-5$2,103
E-6$2,268
E-7$2,460
E-8$2,724
E-9$2,808
W-1$2,394
W-2$2,721
W-3$2,820
W-4$2,955
W-5$2,967
O-1E$2,655
O-2E$2,787
O-3E$2,952
O-1$2,247
O-2$2,592
O-3$2,847
O-4$2,958
O-5$2,970
O-6$2,973
O-7$3,000
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 3% 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. $2,952 a month of BAH takes more than $2,952 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.