How To Make Money Overseas
How much more money does a married military person make while overseas than a single one?
I know that married men/women make more money than singles because they get paid for something I think is called spousal separation? Not sure. I guess to rephrase the question… how much more money do military men and women get if they are married?
My fiance is in the Air National Guard and is being deployed to Saudi Arabia soon. We have been together for a little over six years and we are thinking about going ahead and getting married before he leaves (in November). Our date to get married if he we don’t get married before he leaves is August 8th of 2009.
No kids.. We live in WV. He’s been in the guard for about seven years.
Thanks in advance!
He’s a staff sergeant.
He said it woujld be $700 to $800 more. About $300 for separation, then more for BAH. It just seems like a lot more when I thought it would only be like $200 or $250 based on what I’ve heard others say. He will be deployed for approximately seven months.
Since he is being activated to full Active Duty status, he will get family seperation pay, BAS, BAH, and any tax free entitlements he MAY be eligible for, depending on where he is stationed.
Family Sep pay is about 250, BAS is about 270, and BAH is dependent on where you live. Each is tax free.
BAH: If you live in Charleston for example and he is an E-5, then with dependents he gets about 822, and without he gets about 724.
Here is the link to BAH rates from the Pentagons website:
http://perdiem.hqda.pentagon.mil/perdiem/bah.html
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