PCS compareBirmingham · E-8 · with dep. · $2,559/mo
Birmingham$2,559/mo · $30,708/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.
E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
Westchester County$6,333
Pittsburgh$2,637
Salem$2,634
Yakima$2,625
College Station$2,616
Gainesville$2,613
Volusia County$2,598
Wilmington$2,595
Cincinnati$2,583
Coos Bay$2,583
County Cost Group 810$2,565
Birmingham$2,559
Fort Stewart$2,556
Fort Carson$2,553
Omaha$2,547
Dahlonega$2,544
El Centro$2,541
Grand Haven$2,535
Carlisle Barracks$2,514
New Orleans$2,508
State College$2,508
Columbus$2,496
Anniston$1,638
Birmingham is #158 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,695 a month —
$56,340 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Birmingham0 – $2,865 / month
E-1$2,223
E-2$2,223
E-3$2,223
E-4$2,223
E-5$2,439
E-6$2,532
E-7$2,550
E-8$2,559
E-9$2,583
W-1$2,547
W-2$2,556
W-3$2,568
W-4$2,598
W-5$2,682
O-1E$2,553
O-2E$2,562
O-3E$2,613
O-1$2,457
O-2$2,529
O-3$2,565
O-4$2,703
O-5$2,826
O-6$2,847
O-7$2,865
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Birmingham to Westchester County at E-8
is worth $3,774 a month — about 157 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.