PCS compareCounty Cost Group 580 · O-3E · $1,971/mo
Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,222/mo · $38,664/yr
▲ RAISE+$1,251+$15,012/yr · like +$19,246 of salary
What this rate means
O-3E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,023 / month
Westchester County$7,023
Huntington$1,989
County Cost Group 590$1,983
Vance AFB$1,977
Altus AFB$1,971
County Cost Group 580$1,971
Erie$1,965
County Cost Group 570$1,956
County Cost Group 560$1,947
County Cost Group 550$1,935
Youngstown$1,788
County Cost Group 580 is #323 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,235 a month —
$62,820 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at County Cost Group 5800 – $2,280 / month
E-1$1,278
E-2$1,278
E-3$1,278
E-4$1,278
E-5$1,380
E-6$1,680
E-7$1,749
E-8$1,821
E-9$1,932
W-1$1,698
W-2$1,779
W-3$1,872
W-4$1,953
W-5$2,061
O-1E$1,758
O-2E$1,857
O-3E$1,971
O-1$1,425
O-2$1,677
O-3$1,869
O-4$2,091
O-5$2,253
O-6$2,268
O-7$2,280
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 18% 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. $1,971 a month of BAH takes more than $1,971 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
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“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.