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-6 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,454 / month
San Francisco$5,454
Ogden$2,229
Provo$2,229
Cheyenne$2,217
Corpus Christi$2,217
Coos Bay$2,214
Rapid City$2,211
County Cost Group 790$2,208
Des Moines$2,208
Indianapolis$2,208
Nellis AFB$2,208
Bismarck$2,202
Baton Rouge$2,193
Fort Huachuca$2,193
Mountain Home AFB$2,187
Kansas City$2,175
Toledo$2,166
Jackson$2,163
Fort Gordon$2,157
Kings Bay$2,157
El Centro$2,151
Lexington$2,151
Youngstown$1,335
Bismarck is #202 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,119 a month —
$49,428 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Bismarck0 – $2,409 / month
E-1$1,500
E-2$1,500
E-3$1,500
E-4$1,500
E-5$1,596
E-6$2,202
E-7$2,262
E-8$2,328
E-9$2,376
W-1$2,223
W-2$2,289
W-3$2,373
W-4$2,379
W-5$2,385
O-1E$2,271
O-2E$2,358
O-3E$2,382
O-1$1,674
O-2$2,196
O-3$2,370
O-4$2,388
O-5$2,391
O-6$2,397
O-7$2,409
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Bismarck to San Francisco at E-6
is worth $3,252 a month — about 54 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.