E-9 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,286 / month
San Francisco$5,286
San Luis Obispo$3,576
Chicago$3,567
Marin$3,561
Seattle$3,525
West Palm Beach$3,510
Portsmouth$3,504
Vandenberg SFB$3,486
Washington$3,447
Riverside$3,444
Anniston$1,335
West Palm Beach is #34 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,951 a month —
$47,412 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at West Palm Beach0 – $4,029 / month
E-1$2,409
E-2$2,409
E-3$2,409
E-4$2,409
E-5$2,763
E-6$2,976
E-7$3,198
E-8$3,465
E-9$3,510
W-1$3,117
W-2$3,462
W-3$3,519
W-4$3,630
W-5$3,771
O-1E$3,420
O-2E$3,498
O-3E$3,594
O-1$2,952
O-2$3,348
O-3$3,534
O-4$3,741
O-5$3,822
O-6$3,960
O-7$4,029
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 17% 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. $3,510 a month of BAH takes more than $3,510 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.