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.
E-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
Elizabeth City$2,304
Ann Arbor$2,292
JB Elmendorf-Richardson$2,277
Oxford$2,271
Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268
Hampden County$2,268
Patuxent River$2,268
St. Louis$2,268
Bremerton$2,265
Allentown$2,259
Atlanta$2,259
Charlottesville$2,259
Minneapolis$2,250
County Cost Group 850$2,247
Savannah$2,235
Norfolk$2,229
Birmingham$2,223
Charleston$2,220
Dallas$2,220
Ocala$2,205
Great Lakes Navtracen$2,202
Youngstown$1,134
Atlanta is #101 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month —
$47,196 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Atlanta0 – $3,006 / month
E-1$2,259
E-2$2,259
E-3$2,259
E-4$2,259
E-5$2,388
E-6$2,709
E-7$2,730
E-8$2,739
E-9$2,757
W-1$2,727
W-2$2,736
W-3$2,748
W-4$2,772
W-5$2,841
O-1E$2,733
O-2E$2,742
O-3E$2,784
O-1$2,433
O-2$2,706
O-3$2,745
O-4$2,859
O-5$2,964
O-6$2,985
O-7$3,006
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
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.