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-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,633 / month
Westchester County$6,633
Riverside$3,705
Indian Head Navordsta$3,669
Warrenton$3,666
Atlantic City$3,624
Juneau$3,594
Everett$3,567
JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst$3,552
Vallejo$3,537
County Cost Group 880$3,489
Sitka$3,462
Austin$3,447
Annapolis$3,438
Willow Grove$3,438
Hampden County$3,426
Madison$3,426
San Bernardino$3,414
Fort G. G. Meade$3,411
Eglin AFB$3,399
JB Elmendorf-Richardson$3,360
Ann Arbor$3,357
Ketchikan$3,327
Anniston$1,686
Austin is #61 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,947 a month —
$59,364 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Austin0 – $4,161 / month
E-1$2,046
E-2$2,046
E-3$2,046
E-4$2,046
E-5$2,241
E-6$2,802
E-7$3,039
E-8$3,294
E-9$3,558
W-1$2,826
W-2$3,141
W-3$3,456
W-4$3,597
W-5$3,771
O-1E$3,087
O-2E$3,408
O-3E$3,624
O-1$2,313
O-2$2,796
O-3$3,447
O-4$3,825
O-5$4,095
O-6$4,131
O-7$4,161
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Austin to Westchester County at O-3
is worth $3,186 a month — about 8 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.