W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
Westchester County$6,036
Beaumont$1,947
Sault Ste Marie$1,947
County Cost Group 720$1,944
Lafayette$1,944
Springfield$1,932
Laughlin AFB$1,923
County Cost Group 710$1,920
Springfield$1,917
Terre Haute$1,917
Youngstown$1,560
Springfield is #284 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,476 a month —
$53,712 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 W-3 here adds $69 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 Westchester County at W-2 is worth $4,104 a month — about 59 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $69 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 30% 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. $1,932 a month of BAH takes more than $1,932 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.