E-8 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,196 / month
San Francisco$5,196
Vandenberg SFB$3,399
Riverside$3,396
San Luis Obispo$3,348
Portland$3,321
San Bernardino$3,312
Seattle$3,291
Indian Head Navordsta$3,282
Washington$3,261
Providence$3,255
Youngstown$1,248
San Bernardino is #39 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,948 a month —
$47,376 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at San Bernardino0 – $3,438 / month
E-1$2,220
E-2$2,220
E-3$2,220
E-4$2,220
E-5$2,466
E-6$2,667
E-7$2,973
E-8$3,312
E-9$3,327
W-1$2,850
W-2$3,309
W-3$3,333
W-4$3,372
W-5$3,387
O-1E$3,285
O-2E$3,324
O-3E$3,369
O-1$2,628
O-2$3,180
O-3$3,339
O-4$3,375
O-5$3,390
O-6$3,393
O-7$3,438
Promoting to E-9 here adds $15 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 San Bernardino to San Francisco at E-8 is worth $1,884 a month — about 126 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $15 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 3% 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. $3,312 a month of BAH takes more than $3,312 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.