PCS compareCounty Cost Group 530 · W-5 · $2,007/mo
Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,348/mo · $40,176/yr
▲ RAISE+$1,341+$16,092/yr · like +$20,631 of salary
What this rate means
W-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,338 / month
Westchester County$7,338
County Cost Group 560$2,037
County Cost Group 550$2,025
County Cost Group 540$2,016
Fort Sill$2,013
County Cost Group 530$2,007
County Cost Group 520$2,001
County Cost Group 510$1,998
Saginaw$1,929
Cannon AFB$1,917
Youngstown$1,806
County Cost Group 530 is #330 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 County Cost Group 5300 – $2,223 / month
E-1$1,239
E-2$1,239
E-3$1,239
E-4$1,239
E-5$1,338
E-6$1,635
E-7$1,701
E-8$1,773
E-9$1,881
W-1$1,653
W-2$1,731
W-3$1,824
W-4$1,902
W-5$2,007
O-1E$1,710
O-2E$1,806
O-3E$1,920
O-1$1,380
O-2$1,632
O-3$1,821
O-4$2,037
O-5$2,196
O-6$2,211
O-7$2,223
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 17% here. That is a status your finance office determines, not a box you tick — and it is the single largest lever on this page that is not a change of address.
03
None of it is taxed. $2,007 a month of BAH takes more than $2,007 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.
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Things the rate table doesn't 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.