PCS compareAnn Arbor · W-1 · with dep. · $3,099/mo
Ann Arbor$3,099/mo · $37,188/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
Hartford$3,351
Atlantic City$3,312
Fort G. G. Meade$3,297
Everett$3,264
Annapolis$3,246
Sitka$3,231
County Cost Group 880$3,222
Quantico$3,192
Edwards AFB$3,177
Beale AFB$3,147
Ann Arbor$3,099
Cape May$3,093
New London$3,093
Denver$3,081
Fort Detrick$3,081
Tampa$3,063
County Cost Group 870$3,018
Philadelphia$2,997
Sacramento$2,994
Orlando$2,979
Outer Banks$2,964
Youngstown$1,350
Ann Arbor is #67 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 Ann Arbor0 – $4,191 / month
E-1$2,292
E-2$2,292
E-3$2,292
E-4$2,292
E-5$2,559
E-6$3,078
E-7$3,180
E-8$3,291
E-9$3,483
W-1$3,099
W-2$3,225
W-3$3,360
W-4$3,528
W-5$3,735
O-1E$3,198
O-2E$3,339
O-3E$3,561
O-1$2,628
O-2$3,075
O-3$3,357
O-4$3,804
O-5$4,128
O-6$4,161
O-7$4,191
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Ann Arbor to San Francisco at W-1
is worth $2,373 a month — about 19 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.