O-1E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,124 / month
San Francisco$5,124
San Bernardino$3,285
Portland$3,249
Indian Head Navordsta$3,246
San Luis Obispo$3,195
Providence$3,192
Manchester$3,174
County Cost Group 890$3,153
Seattle$3,132
Washington$3,129
Youngstown$1,188
Providence is #41 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,936 a month —
$47,232 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Providence0 – $4,068 / month
E-1$2,283
E-2$2,283
E-3$2,283
E-4$2,283
E-5$2,682
E-6$2,907
E-7$3,048
E-8$3,255
E-9$3,324
W-1$3,006
W-2$3,252
W-3$3,333
W-4$3,498
W-5$3,708
O-1E$3,192
O-2E$3,306
O-3E$3,447
O-1$2,892
O-2$3,150
O-3$3,357
O-4$3,669
O-5$3,792
O-6$3,996
O-7$4,068
Promoting to O-2E here adds $114 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 Providence to San Francisco at O-1E is worth $1,932 a month — about 17 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $114 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 16% 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. $3,192 a month of BAH takes more than $3,192 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.