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-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
College Station$1,662
Fayetteville$1,662
Fort Hood$1,662
State College$1,656
Corpus Christi$1,644
Lincoln$1,641
Coos Bay$1,635
Fort Benning$1,635
County Cost Group 770$1,632
Marquette$1,626
Auburn$1,617
Waco$1,617
Lansing$1,611
Montgomery$1,605
Des Moines$1,593
Camp Lejeune$1,578
Fallon NAS$1,578
Fort Knox$1,575
Fort Drum$1,569
Fort Huachuca$1,569
County Cost Group 760$1,566
Youngstown$1,134
Auburn is #235 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 Auburn0 – $2,976 / month
E-1$1,617
E-2$1,617
E-3$1,617
E-4$1,617
E-5$1,707
E-6$1,833
E-7$2,043
E-8$2,274
E-9$2,502
W-1$1,851
W-2$2,136
W-3$2,421
W-4$2,532
W-5$2,673
O-1E$2,085
O-2E$2,379
O-3E$2,556
O-1$1,731
O-2$1,830
O-3$2,412
O-4$2,718
O-5$2,934
O-6$2,955
O-7$2,976
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.