PCS compareCounty Cost Group 620 · E-7 · $1,788/mo
Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,862/mo · $34,344/yr
▲ RAISE+$1,074+$12,888/yr · like +$16,523 of salary
What this rate means
E-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,832 / month
Westchester County$5,832
Columbia$1,803
County Cost Group 640$1,803
Charleston$1,800
County Cost Group 630$1,794
County Cost Group 620$1,788
Fort Chaffee$1,785
Saginaw$1,782
Alexandria$1,779
County Cost Group 610$1,779
Youngstown$1,491
County Cost Group 620 is #308 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,341 a month —
$52,092 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at County Cost Group 6200 – $2,328 / month
E-1$1,314
E-2$1,314
E-3$1,314
E-4$1,314
E-5$1,419
E-6$1,719
E-7$1,788
E-8$1,863
E-9$1,974
W-1$1,737
W-2$1,818
W-3$1,914
W-4$1,995
W-5$2,103
O-1E$1,797
O-2E$1,896
O-3E$2,013
O-1$1,461
O-2$1,716
O-3$1,911
O-4$2,136
O-5$2,301
O-6$2,316
O-7$2,328
Promoting to E-8 here adds $75 a
month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
01
Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from County Cost Group 620 to Westchester County at E-7 is worth $4,044 a month — about 54 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $75 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $1,788 a month of BAH takes more than $1,788 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.