E-7 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,088 / month
New York City$5,088
Astoria$2,211
Great Lakes Navtracen$2,211
Ocala$2,211
Port Angeles$2,205
Portland$2,199
Fresno$2,184
Fort Stewart$2,178
Reno$2,178
Traverse City$2,175
Youngstown$1,131
Portland is #117 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,957 a month —
$47,484 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Portland0 – $3,063 / month
E-1$1,821
E-2$1,821
E-3$1,821
E-4$1,821
E-5$1,932
E-6$2,064
E-7$2,199
E-8$2,460
E-9$2,565
W-1$2,139
W-2$2,457
W-3$2,580
W-4$2,772
W-5$2,877
O-1E$2,376
O-2E$2,541
O-3E$2,745
O-1$2,004
O-2$2,322
O-3$2,616
O-4$2,853
O-5$2,913
O-6$3,012
O-7$3,063
Promoting to E-8 here adds $261 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 New York City at E-7 is worth $2,889 a month — about 11 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $261 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 30% 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. $2,199 a month of BAH takes more than $2,199 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.