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.
O-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $8,208 / month
Westchester County$8,208
Volusia County$3,012
Atlanta$3,006
Corpus Christi$3,006
Wichita Fls$2,997
Columbus$2,991
Grand Rapids$2,988
Fort Knox$2,985
Auburn$2,976
Scott AFB$2,970
Ocala$2,961
Cheyenne$2,955
Fort Carson$2,955
Grand Haven$2,955
Kings Bay$2,955
County Cost Group 790$2,949
Fargo$2,946
Des Moines$2,943
Mountain Home AFB$2,943
Provo$2,943
Morehead$2,940
Johnson City$2,937
Youngstown$1,845
Cheyenne is #186 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $6,363 a month —
$76,356 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Cheyenne0 – $2,955 / month
E-1$1,539
E-2$1,539
E-3$1,539
E-4$1,539
E-5$1,653
E-6$2,217
E-7$2,301
E-8$2,388
E-9$2,520
W-1$2,238
W-2$2,334
W-3$2,445
W-4$2,547
W-5$2,676
O-1E$2,313
O-2E$2,427
O-3E$2,568
O-1$1,725
O-2$2,211
O-3$2,442
O-4$2,715
O-5$2,916
O-6$2,937
O-7$2,955
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.