W-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,085 / month
New York City$5,085
Chattanooga$1,830
Cleveland$1,830
Boise$1,827
Omaha$1,827
Syracuse$1,818
College Station$1,809
Kansas City$1,806
Columbia$1,803
Morehead$1,803
Youngstown$1,128
Syracuse is #184 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,957 a month —
$47,484 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Syracuse0 – $2,844 / month
E-1$1,452
E-2$1,452
E-3$1,452
E-4$1,452
E-5$1,599
E-6$1,788
E-7$1,905
E-8$2,121
E-9$2,214
W-1$1,818
W-2$2,118
W-3$2,229
W-4$2,418
W-5$2,577
O-1E$2,046
O-2E$2,193
O-3E$2,376
O-1$1,689
O-2$1,995
O-3$2,262
O-4$2,547
O-5$2,640
O-6$2,796
O-7$2,844
Promoting to W-2 here adds $300 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 Syracuse to New York City at W-1 is worth $3,267 a month — about 11 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $300 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 32% 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. $1,818 a month of BAH takes more than $1,818 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.