PCS compareCounty Cost Group 650 · E-4 · $1,335/mo
Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
▲ RAISE+$933+$11,196/yr · like +$14,354 of salary
What this rate means
E-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
County Cost Group 680$1,365
County Cost Group 670$1,356
Springfield$1,356
County Cost Group 660$1,344
County Cost Group 650$1,335
County Cost Group 640$1,329
Saginaw$1,329
Albany$1,326
County Cost Group 630$1,320
Youngstown$1,134
County Cost Group 650 is #300 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month —
$47,196 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at County Cost Group 6500 – $2,358 / month
E-1$1,335
E-2$1,335
E-3$1,335
E-4$1,335
E-5$1,443
E-6$1,743
E-7$1,812
E-8$1,887
E-9$2,001
W-1$1,761
W-2$1,842
W-3$1,938
W-4$2,022
W-5$2,133
O-1E$1,824
O-2E$1,923
O-3E$2,040
O-1$1,485
O-2$1,740
O-3$1,935
O-4$2,163
O-5$2,331
O-6$2,346
O-7$2,358
Promoting to E-5 here adds $108 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 650 to New York City at E-4 is worth $3,732 a month — about 35 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $108 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 24% 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. $1,335 a month of BAH takes more than $1,335 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.