E-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
Chicago$3,174
Vandenberg SFB$3,156
Portsmouth$3,099
Riverside$3,096
Washington$3,096
Vallejo$3,090
Portland$3,087
Providence$3,045
San Luis Obispo$3,027
Youngstown$1,134
Washington is #37 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 Washington0 – $4,770 / month
E-1$3,096
E-2$3,096
E-3$3,096
E-4$3,096
E-5$3,132
E-6$3,759
E-7$3,855
E-8$3,957
E-9$4,128
W-1$3,780
W-2$3,894
W-3$4,023
W-4$4,167
W-5$4,350
O-1E$3,870
O-2E$4,002
O-3E$4,197
O-1$3,213
O-2$3,753
O-3$4,020
O-4$4,410
O-5$4,692
O-6$4,731
O-7$4,770
Promoting to E-4 here adds $0 a
month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
01
Dependency status is worth 29% 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. $3,096 a month of BAH takes more than $3,096 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.