E-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,980 / month
New York City$4,980
JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst$2,421
Sitka$2,409
Beale AFB$2,367
Newport$2,361
Quantico$2,361
County Cost Group 880$2,337
Willow Grove$2,337
Atlantic City$2,298
Fort Myers Beach$2,295
Fort Chaffee$996
Quantico is #58 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,984 a month —
$47,808 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Quantico0 – $3,363 / month
E-1$2,109
E-2$2,109
E-3$2,109
E-4$2,109
E-5$2,361
E-6$2,523
E-7$2,739
E-8$3,006
E-9$3,060
W-1$2,661
W-2$3,003
W-3$3,072
W-4$3,180
W-5$3,240
O-1E$2,952
O-2E$3,048
O-3E$3,165
O-1$2,499
O-2$2,883
O-3$3,090
O-4$3,222
O-5$3,252
O-6$3,306
O-7$3,363
Promoting to E-6 here adds $162 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 Quantico to New York City at E-5 is worth $2,619 a month — about 16 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $162 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 25% 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. $2,361 a month of BAH takes more than $2,361 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.