E-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
Trenton$3,210
Indian Head Navordsta$3,192
West Palm Beach$3,189
Chicago$3,174
Vandenberg SFB$3,156
Portsmouth$3,099
Riverside$3,096
Washington$3,096
Vallejo$3,090
Youngstown$1,134
Vandenberg SFB is #34 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 Vandenberg SFB0 – $4,425 / month
E-1$3,156
E-2$3,156
E-3$3,156
E-4$3,156
E-5$3,333
E-6$3,642
E-7$3,693
E-8$3,747
E-9$3,873
W-1$3,660
W-2$3,714
W-3$3,783
W-4$3,906
W-5$4,065
O-1E$3,699
O-2E$3,771
O-3E$3,933
O-1$3,378
O-2$3,639
O-3$3,780
O-4$4,113
O-5$4,356
O-6$4,392
O-7$4,425
Promoting to E-2 here adds $0 a
month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
01
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. $3,156 a month of BAH takes more than $3,156 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.