▲ RAISE+$1,143+$13,716/yr · like +$17,585 of salary
What this rate means
E-7 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,088 / month
New York City$5,088
Monroe$1,248
Vance AFB$1,218
Fort Sill$1,209
Anniston$1,191
Youngstown$1,131
Youngstown is #338 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,957 a month —
$47,484 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Youngstown0 – $1,779 / month
E-1$933
E-2$933
E-3$933
E-4$933
E-5$1,017
E-6$1,077
E-7$1,131
E-8$1,248
E-9$1,338
W-1$1,128
W-2$1,224
W-3$1,341
W-4$1,362
W-5$1,527
O-1E$1,188
O-2E$1,305
O-3E$1,347
O-1$1,074
O-2$1,176
O-3$1,344
O-4$1,497
O-5$1,593
O-6$1,752
O-7$1,779
Promoting to E-8 here adds $117 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 Youngstown to New York City at E-7 is worth $3,957 a month — about 34 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $117 per grade here.
02
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. $1,131 a month of BAH takes more than $1,131 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.