▲ RAISE+$1,083+$12,996/yr · like +$16,662 of salary
What this rate means
W-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,301 / month
San Francisco$5,301
Fort Polk$1,551
Lake Charles$1,548
Wichita$1,545
County Cost Group 580$1,539
Stevens Point$1,536
Alexandria$1,533
County Cost Group 570$1,530
Fort Chaffee$1,524
Meridian$1,524
Youngstown$1,341
Stevens Point is #319 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 Stevens Point0 – $1,722 / month
E-1$1,038
E-2$1,038
E-3$1,038
E-4$1,038
E-5$1,161
E-6$1,281
E-7$1,299
E-8$1,416
E-9$1,521
W-1$1,296
W-2$1,413
W-3$1,536
W-4$1,704
W-5$1,713
O-1E$1,335
O-2E$1,497
O-3E$1,701
O-1$1,236
O-2$1,326
O-3$1,572
O-4$1,707
O-5$1,716
O-6$1,719
O-7$1,722
Promoting to W-4 here adds $168 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 Stevens Point to San Francisco at W-3 is worth $3,765 a month — about 22 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $168 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 14% 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. $1,536 a month of BAH takes more than $1,536 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.