PCS compareAlbuquerque · W-2 · with dep. · $2,361/mo
Albuquerque$2,361/mo · $28,332/yr
CURRENT
Pick a station below to see what the move is worth a year, before tax.
Orders rarely arrive as one option — add several and rank them.
Comparison uses with-dependents rates. Differences are annual and untaxed.
Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.
W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
Westchester County$6,036
State College$2,436
Grand Rapids$2,430
Fargo$2,427
Columbus$2,418
El Centro$2,418
Ocala$2,415
County Cost Group 800$2,400
Provo$2,385
Eastern Panhandle$2,370
Lemoore NAS$2,364
Albuquerque$2,361
Duluth$2,361
Eastern Shore$2,358
Raleigh$2,355
Corpus Christi$2,352
Rapid City$2,349
Memphis$2,343
Jackson$2,340
Cheyenne$2,334
Louisville$2,334
Tallahassee$2,334
Youngstown$1,560
Albuquerque is #185 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,476 a month —
$53,712 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Albuquerque0 – $2,910 / month
E-1$1,992
E-2$1,992
E-3$1,992
E-4$1,992
E-5$2,211
E-6$2,328
E-7$2,352
E-8$2,379
E-9$2,472
W-1$2,343
W-2$2,361
W-3$2,400
W-4$2,502
W-5$2,631
O-1E$2,355
O-2E$2,391
O-3E$2,520
O-1$2,235
O-2$2,325
O-3$2,397
O-4$2,670
O-5$2,871
O-6$2,892
O-7$2,910
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Albuquerque to Westchester County at W-2
is worth $3,675 a month — about 94 promotions at this grade.
Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.
What the rate table does not 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.