W-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,946 / month
Westchester County$5,946
Perth Amboy$4,146
Essex CO$4,101
Ventura$4,101
Miami$4,083
San Luis Obispo$4,068
Seattle$4,047
Portsmouth$4,044
Marin$3,966
Burlington$3,951
Youngstown$1,527
San Luis Obispo is #29 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,419 a month —
$53,028 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at San Luis Obispo0 – $4,272 / month
E-1$2,358
E-2$2,358
E-3$2,358
E-4$2,358
E-5$2,679
E-6$2,961
E-7$3,036
E-8$3,348
E-9$3,576
W-1$2,976
W-2$3,345
W-3$3,600
W-4$3,966
W-5$4,068
O-1E$3,195
O-2E$3,525
O-3E$3,942
O-1$2,853
O-2$3,144
O-3$3,675
O-4$4,047
O-5$4,101
O-6$4,197
O-7$4,272
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 18% 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. $4,068 a month of BAH takes more than $4,068 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.