O-3E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,445 / month
San Francisco$5,445
Los Angeles$4,179
West Point$4,113
Oakland$4,107
Fort Monmouth$4,074
Perth Amboy$4,065
Florida Keys$4,044
Ventura$4,002
Cape Cod-Plymouth$3,987
Trenton$3,966
Youngstown$1,347
Perth Amboy is #20 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 Perth Amboy0 – $4,296 / month
E-1$2,592
E-2$2,592
E-3$2,592
E-4$2,592
E-5$3,045
E-6$3,285
E-7$3,339
E-8$3,531
E-9$3,735
W-1$3,336
W-2$3,528
W-3$3,759
W-4$4,083
W-5$4,146
O-1E$3,390
O-2E$3,690
O-3E$4,065
O-1$3,282
O-2$3,381
O-3$3,825
O-4$4,128
O-5$4,161
O-6$4,221
O-7$4,296
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 9% 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. $4,065 a month of BAH takes more than $4,065 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.