E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco$5,127
Maui County$4,329
Hanscom AFB$4,188
Martha's Vineyard$3,984
San Diego$3,975
Florida Keys$3,969
Camp Pendleton$3,963
Cape Cod-Plymouth$3,924
Los Angeles$3,882
Kauai County$3,798
Oakland$3,759
Staten Island$3,735
Honolulu County$3,663
Miami$3,660
Hawaii County$3,594
Fort Monmouth$3,549
Ventura$3,537
Essex CO$3,477
West Point$3,468
Monterey$3,465
Trenton$3,465
Chicago$3,438
Anniston$1,185
Staten Island is #19 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,942 a month —
$47,304 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Staten Island0 – $5,484 / month
E-1$3,549
E-2$3,549
E-3$3,549
E-4$3,549
E-5$3,735
E-6$4,215
E-7$4,341
E-8$4,473
E-9$4,692
W-1$4,236
W-2$4,395
W-3$4,560
W-4$4,743
W-5$4,968
O-1E$4,362
O-2E$4,533
O-3E$4,776
O-1$3,798
O-2$4,209
O-3$4,554
O-4$5,043
O-5$5,394
O-6$5,442
O-7$5,484
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Staten Island to San Francisco at E-5
is worth $1,392 a month — about 3 promotions at this grade.
Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.
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.