PCS compareCharleston · W-3 · with dep. · $1,863/mo
Charleston$1,863/mo · $22,356/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
County Cost Group 620$1,914
Albany$1,911
Holloman AFB$1,908
County Cost Group 610$1,905
County Cost Group 600$1,896
County Cost Group 590$1,884
Cannon AFB$1,878
Erie$1,875
County Cost Group 580$1,872
Hattiesburg$1,869
Charleston$1,863
County Cost Group 570$1,860
County Cost Group 560$1,851
Saginaw$1,845
County Cost Group 550$1,839
Altus AFB$1,836
County Cost Group 540$1,830
County Cost Group 530$1,824
Vance AFB$1,821
County Cost Group 520$1,818
County Cost Group 510$1,812
Anniston$1,689
Charleston is #323 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 – $2,496 / month
E-1$1,308
E-2$1,308
E-3$1,308
E-4$1,308
E-5$1,404
E-6$1,764
E-7$1,800
E-8$1,833
E-9$1,956
W-1$1,785
W-2$1,812
W-3$1,863
W-4$1,992
W-5$2,157
O-1E$1,803
O-2E$1,851
O-3E$2,016
O-1$1,452
O-2$1,761
O-3$1,860
O-4$2,208
O-5$2,463
O-6$2,481
O-7$2,496
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Charleston to Westchester County at W-3
is worth $4,791 a month — about 37 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.