▲ RAISE+$1,320+$15,840/yr · like +$20,308 of salary
What this rate means
W-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,963 / month
Westchester County$6,963
County Cost Group 530$1,902
County Cost Group 520$1,899
Cannon AFB$1,893
County Cost Group 510$1,893
Saginaw$1,878
Fort Sill$1,872
Monroe$1,797
Youngstown$1,785
Anniston$1,782
Stevens Point$1,779
Saginaw is #333 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,184 a month —
$62,208 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Saginaw0 – $2,031 / month
E-1$1,329
E-2$1,329
E-3$1,329
E-4$1,329
E-5$1,503
E-6$1,749
E-7$1,782
E-8$1,818
E-9$1,869
W-1$1,767
W-2$1,797
W-3$1,845
W-4$1,878
W-5$1,929
O-1E$1,785
O-2E$1,833
O-3E$1,887
O-1$1,542
O-2$1,746
O-3$1,842
O-4$1,938
O-5$2,007
O-6$2,022
O-7$2,031
Promoting to W-5 here adds $51 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 Saginaw to Westchester County at W-4 is worth $5,085 a month — about 100 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $51 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 7% 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. $1,878 a month of BAH takes more than $1,878 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.