▲ RAISE+$1,065+$12,780/yr · like +$16,385 of salary
What this rate means
O-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,172 / month
San Francisco$5,172
County Cost Group 620$1,461
County Cost Group 610$1,455
Sparta$1,455
Charleston$1,452
Springfield$1,452
County Cost Group 600$1,446
County Cost Group 590$1,437
Paducah$1,434
County Cost Group 580$1,425
Youngstown$1,218
Springfield is #309 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month —
$47,448 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Springfield0 – $2,685 / month
E-1$1,293
E-2$1,293
E-3$1,293
E-4$1,293
E-5$1,389
E-6$1,857
E-7$1,908
E-8$1,962
E-9$2,103
W-1$1,878
W-2$1,932
W-3$2,001
W-4$2,142
W-5$2,319
O-1E$1,914
O-2E$1,989
O-3E$2,169
O-1$1,452
O-2$1,851
O-3$1,998
O-4$2,376
O-5$2,649
O-6$2,670
O-7$2,685
Promoting to O-2 here adds $399 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 Springfield to San Francisco at O-1 is worth $3,720 a month — about 9 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $399 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 22% 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. $1,452 a month of BAH takes more than $1,452 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.