PCS compareBirmingham · O-1E · with dep. · $2,553/mo
Birmingham$2,553/mo · $30,636/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.
O-1E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,931 / month
Westchester County$5,931
Rochester$2,619
Norfolk$2,613
Eugene$2,601
Elizabeth City$2,598
County Cost Group 820$2,592
Houston$2,592
Syracuse$2,571
Barstow$2,568
Cincinnati$2,556
Panama City$2,556
Birmingham$2,553
Wilmington$2,553
Volusia County$2,550
Humboldt County$2,547
Dahlonega$2,538
Salem$2,532
Salt Lake City$2,523
Yakima$2,520
College Station$2,517
Grand Haven$2,508
Fort Stewart$2,502
Youngstown$1,521
Birmingham is #148 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,410 a month —
$52,920 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 O-1E
is worth $3,378 a month — about 375 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.