PCS compareCharleston · W-3 · with dep. · $2,724/mo
Charleston$2,724/mo · $32,688/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-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,654 / month
Westchester County$6,654
Patuxent River$2,772
Eugene$2,769
Richmond$2,763
St. Louis$2,763
Rochester$2,760
Barstow$2,751
Atlanta$2,748
Salt Lake City$2,748
Savannah$2,748
County Cost Group 820$2,733
Charleston$2,724
Panama City$2,712
Salem$2,712
Coos Bay$2,706
Yakima$2,706
Houston$2,703
Gainesville$2,700
Norfolk$2,697
College Station$2,688
El Centro$2,673
Elizabeth City$2,670
Anniston$1,689
Charleston is #143 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,965 a month —
$59,580 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Charleston0 – $3,081 / month
E-1$2,220
E-2$2,220
E-3$2,220
E-4$2,220
E-5$2,385
E-6$2,616
E-7$2,652
E-8$2,694
E-9$2,769
W-1$2,634
W-2$2,667
W-3$2,724
W-4$2,790
W-5$2,880
O-1E$2,655
O-2E$2,712
O-3E$2,802
O-1$2,421
O-2$2,613
O-3$2,721
O-4$2,904
O-5$3,039
O-6$3,060
O-7$3,081
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Charleston to Westchester County at W-3
is worth $3,930 a month — about 60 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.