O-2E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,564 / month
Westchester County$6,564
JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst$3,543
Vallejo$3,531
County Cost Group 880$3,471
Sitka$3,447
Willow Grove$3,435
Annapolis$3,423
San Bernardino$3,411
Austin$3,408
Fort G. G. Meade$3,402
Anniston$1,671
Willow Grove is #61 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,893 a month —
$58,716 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Willow Grove0 – $3,999 / month
E-1$2,730
E-2$2,730
E-3$2,730
E-4$2,730
E-5$2,934
E-6$3,399
E-7$3,423
E-8$3,432
E-9$3,495
W-1$3,420
W-2$3,429
W-3$3,441
W-4$3,525
W-5$3,669
O-1E$3,426
O-2E$3,435
O-3E$3,549
O-1$2,997
O-2$3,393
O-3$3,438
O-4$3,714
O-5$3,939
O-6$3,969
O-7$3,999
Promoting to O-3E here adds $114 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 Willow Grove to Westchester County at O-2E is worth $3,129 a month — about 27 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $114 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 10% 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. $3,435 a month of BAH takes more than $3,435 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.