E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco$5,127
Peoria$1,572
China Lake$1,563
County Cost Group 730$1,557
Sioux Falls$1,554
Johnson City$1,548
Minot AFB$1,548
Scott AFB$1,542
Champaign$1,539
County Cost Group 720$1,536
Lexington$1,536
Sault Ste Marie$1,536
Huntington$1,533
Springfield$1,527
Moody AFB$1,524
Seymour Johnson AFB$1,521
Beaumont$1,518
County Cost Group 710$1,515
Brownsville$1,503
Saginaw$1,503
Sumter$1,503
County Cost Group 700$1,497
Anniston$1,185
Sault Ste Marie is #277 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,942 a month —
$47,304 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Sault Ste Marie0 – $2,628 / month
E-1$1,386
E-2$1,386
E-3$1,386
E-4$1,386
E-5$1,536
E-6$1,920
E-7$1,941
E-8$1,950
E-9$2,058
W-1$1,938
W-2$1,947
W-3$1,962
W-4$2,097
W-5$2,268
O-1E$1,944
O-2E$1,953
O-3E$2,124
O-1$1,590
O-2$1,917
O-3$1,959
O-4$2,325
O-5$2,595
O-6$2,613
O-7$2,628
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Sault Ste Marie to San Francisco at E-5
is worth $3,591 a month — about 9 promotions at this grade.
Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.
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.