E-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
Fort Bliss$1,665
College Station$1,662
Fayetteville$1,662
Fort Hood$1,662
State College$1,656
Corpus Christi$1,644
Lincoln$1,641
Coos Bay$1,635
Fort Benning$1,635
Youngstown$1,134
State College is #228 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month —
$47,196 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at State College0 – $3,228 / month
E-1$1,656
E-2$1,656
E-3$1,656
E-4$1,656
E-5$1,791
E-6$2,274
E-7$2,388
E-8$2,508
E-9$2,679
W-1$2,295
W-2$2,436
W-3$2,583
W-4$2,715
W-5$2,877
O-1E$2,406
O-2E$2,562
O-3E$2,739
O-1$1,854
O-2$2,271
O-3$2,580
O-4$2,928
O-5$3,180
O-6$3,207
O-7$3,228
Promoting to E-3 here adds $0 a
month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
01
Dependency status is worth 25% 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. $1,656 a month of BAH takes more than $1,656 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.