E-6 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,070 / month
New York City$5,070
Hawaii County$3,312
Los Angeles$3,291
Perth Amboy$3,285
Miami$3,273
Ventura$3,228
Oakland$3,213
Marin$3,201
Fort Monmouth$3,180
Indian Head Navordsta$3,135
Youngstown$1,077
Ventura is #22 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,993 a month —
$47,916 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Ventura0 – $4,269 / month
E-1$2,652
E-2$2,652
E-3$2,652
E-4$2,652
E-5$3,018
E-6$3,228
E-7$3,381
E-8$3,636
E-9$3,771
W-1$3,333
W-2$3,633
W-3$3,789
W-4$4,020
W-5$4,101
O-1E$3,534
O-2E$3,741
O-3E$4,002
O-1$3,213
O-2$3,486
O-3$3,834
O-4$4,080
O-5$4,122
O-6$4,194
O-7$4,269
Promoting to E-7 here adds $153 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 Ventura to New York City at E-6 is worth $1,842 a month — about 12 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $153 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 24% 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. $3,228 a month of BAH takes more than $3,228 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.