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.
O-2E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,564 / month
Westchester County$6,564
JB Elmendorf-Richardson$3,333
Quantico$3,315
Ketchikan$3,300
New London$3,291
Stockton$3,288
Edwards AFB$3,255
County Cost Group 870$3,252
Fort Detrick$3,243
Ballston Spa$3,213
Denver$3,195
Astoria$3,189
Cape May$3,177
Beale AFB$3,162
Milwaukee$3,162
Kodiak Island$3,153
Baltimore$3,138
Fort Myers Beach$3,114
JB Lewis-McChord$3,108
Whidbey Island$3,084
Tampa$3,078
Outer Banks$3,075
Anniston$1,671
Astoria is #80 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,893 a month —
$58,716 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Astoria0 – $3,729 / month
E-1$1,914
E-2$1,914
E-3$1,914
E-4$1,914
E-5$2,055
E-6$2,796
E-7$2,949
E-8$3,114
E-9$3,291
W-1$2,817
W-2$3,015
W-3$3,219
W-4$3,318
W-5$3,444
O-1E$2,979
O-2E$3,189
O-3E$3,339
O-1$2,145
O-2$2,787
O-3$3,213
O-4$3,480
O-5$3,672
O-6$3,702
O-7$3,729
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Astoria to Westchester County at O-2E
is worth $3,375 a month — about 23 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.