PCS compareBirmingham · W-4 · with dep. · $2,598/mo
Birmingham$2,598/mo · $31,176/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.
W-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,963 / month
Westchester County$6,963
Jackson$2,634
Grand Haven$2,631
Myrtle Beach$2,625
County Cost Group 800$2,619
Battle Creek$2,616
Provo$2,613
Fort Campbell$2,610
Hampton$2,610
Cleveland$2,604
Dahlonega$2,604
Birmingham$2,598
Eastern Panhandle$2,598
Fargo$2,598
Bangor$2,586
Corpus Christi$2,583
Rapid City$2,559
Cheyenne$2,547
Grand Rapids$2,547
Fort Drum$2,544
Ocala$2,544
County Cost Group 790$2,538
Stevens Point$1,779
Birmingham is #180 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,184 a month —
$62,208 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 W-4
is worth $4,365 a month — about 52 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.