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-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,338 / month
Westchester County$7,338
New York City$6,306
San Francisco$6,297
Nantucket$6,165
Maui County$5,973
Boston$5,805
Santa Clara County$5,751
Florida Keys$5,529
Northern New Jersey$5,529
Long Island$5,436
Hanscom AFB$5,409
Martha's Vineyard$5,334
Kauai County$5,262
Monterey$5,196
Essex CO$5,181
Miami$5,085
Camp Pendleton$5,019
San Diego$4,992
Los Angeles$4,971
Staten Island$4,968
Portsmouth$4,905
Youngstown$1,806
Boston is #6 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,532 a month —
$66,384 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.