O-6 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,633 / month
Westchester County$6,633
West Point$4,362
Trenton$4,344
Oakland$4,341
Fort Monmouth$4,314
Portland$4,251
Manchester$4,224
Perth Amboy$4,221
Seattle$4,200
San Luis Obispo$4,197
Anniston$1,665
Portland is #28 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,968 a month —
$59,616 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Portland0 – $4,329 / month
E-1$2,316
E-2$2,316
E-3$2,316
E-4$2,316
E-5$2,703
E-6$2,934
E-7$3,090
E-8$3,321
E-9$3,411
W-1$3,039
W-2$3,318
W-3$3,423
W-4$3,630
W-5$3,888
O-1E$3,249
O-2E$3,390
O-3E$3,567
O-1$2,916
O-2$3,201
O-3$3,456
O-4$3,843
O-5$3,996
O-6$4,251
O-7$4,329
Promoting to O-7 here adds $78 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 Portland to Westchester County at O-6 is worth $2,382 a month — about 31 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $78 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 24% 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. $4,251 a month of BAH takes more than $4,251 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.