W-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,301 / month
San Francisco$5,301
Volusia County$2,394
Dover AFB$2,391
Ocala$2,391
Abilene$2,382
Spokane$2,382
Fort Stewart$2,376
Phoenix$2,376
Rochester$2,376
Dahlonega$2,370
Youngstown$1,341
Spokane is #141 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,960 a month —
$47,520 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Spokane0 – $2,874 / month
E-1$1,611
E-2$1,611
E-3$1,611
E-4$1,611
E-5$1,665
E-6$1,914
E-7$1,995
E-8$2,262
E-9$2,367
W-1$1,932
W-2$2,259
W-3$2,382
W-4$2,574
W-5$2,685
O-1E$2,181
O-2E$2,343
O-3E$2,547
O-1$1,707
O-2$2,106
O-3$2,418
O-4$2,658
O-5$2,721
O-6$2,826
O-7$2,874
Promoting to W-4 here adds $192 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 Spokane to San Francisco at W-3 is worth $2,919 a month — about 15 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $192 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 20% 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. $2,382 a month of BAH takes more than $2,382 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.