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-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
San Francisco$4,764
Santa Clara County$4,356
Boston$4,344
Northern New Jersey$4,275
Nantucket$4,218
Westchester County$4,182
Long Island$4,122
Hanscom AFB$3,984
Maui County$3,819
Florida Keys$3,813
Cape Cod-Plymouth$3,696
San Diego$3,666
Martha's Vineyard$3,663
Camp Pendleton$3,627
Kauai County$3,588
Los Angeles$3,570
Staten Island$3,549
Oakland$3,471
Miami$3,459
Hawaii County$3,447
Youngstown$1,134
Boston is #4 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month —
$47,196 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Boston0 – $6,594 / month
E-1$4,344
E-2$4,344
E-3$4,344
E-4$4,344
E-5$4,791
E-6$4,812
E-7$4,938
E-8$5,079
E-9$5,379
W-1$4,827
W-2$4,995
W-3$5,169
W-4$5,457
W-5$5,805
O-1E$4,962
O-2E$5,142
O-3E$5,511
O-1$4,803
O-2$4,809
O-3$5,163
O-4$5,928
O-5$6,483
O-6$6,540
O-7$6,594
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
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.