PCS compareAlexandria · W-1 · with dep. · $1,698/mo
Alexandria$1,698/mo · $20,376/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-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,472 / month
San Francisco$5,472
County Cost Group 630$1,746
Fort Leonard Wood$1,740
County Cost Group 620$1,737
County Cost Group 610$1,728
Stevens Point$1,728
County Cost Group 600$1,722
Laughlin AFB$1,722
County Cost Group 590$1,710
Wichita$1,710
Fort Chaffee$1,701
Alexandria$1,698
County Cost Group 580$1,698
Erie$1,695
County Cost Group 570$1,686
County Cost Group 560$1,677
County Cost Group 550$1,668
St Mary And Terrebonne$1,665
County Cost Group 540$1,659
County Cost Group 530$1,653
Monroe$1,650
County Cost Group 520$1,647
Youngstown$1,350
Alexandria is #315 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,122 a month —
$49,464 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Alexandria0 – $2,529 / month
E-1$1,254
E-2$1,254
E-3$1,254
E-4$1,254
E-5$1,290
E-6$1,677
E-7$1,779
E-8$1,884
E-9$2,040
W-1$1,698
W-2$1,821
W-3$1,953
W-4$2,073
W-5$2,220
O-1E$1,794
O-2E$1,935
O-3E$2,097
O-1$1,344
O-2$1,674
O-3$1,950
O-4$2,268
O-5$2,496
O-6$2,514
O-7$2,529
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Alexandria to San Francisco at W-1
is worth $3,774 a month — about 31 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.