E-6 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,070 / month
New York City$5,070
County Cost Group 850$2,100
Astoria$2,097
Minneapolis$2,082
Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,076
Savannah$2,073
Great Lakes Navtracen$2,067
Charleston$2,064
Portland$2,064
Whidbey Island$2,058
Youngstown$1,077
Savannah is #114 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,993 a month —
$47,916 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Savannah0 – $2,769 / month
E-1$1,821
E-2$1,821
E-3$1,821
E-4$1,821
E-5$1,968
E-6$2,073
E-7$2,241
E-8$2,466
E-9$2,529
W-1$2,184
W-2$2,463
W-3$2,538
W-4$2,652
W-5$2,691
O-1E$2,412
O-2E$2,514
O-3E$2,643
O-1$2,055
O-2$2,358
O-3$2,562
O-4$2,676
O-5$2,694
O-6$2,721
O-7$2,769
Promoting to E-7 here adds $168 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 Savannah to New York City at E-6 is worth $2,997 a month — about 18 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $168 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 28% 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. $2,073 a month of BAH takes more than $2,073 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.