PCS compareCounty Cost Group 660 · E-3 · $1,344/mo
Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
▲ RAISE+$924+$11,088/yr · like +$14,215 of salary
What this rate means
E-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
Laughlin AFB$1,371
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
Youngstown$1,134
County Cost Group 660 is #299 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 6600 – $2,370 / month
E-1$1,344
E-2$1,344
E-3$1,344
E-4$1,344
E-5$1,449
E-6$1,752
E-7$1,821
E-8$1,896
E-9$2,010
W-1$1,770
W-2$1,851
W-3$1,947
W-4$2,034
W-5$2,142
O-1E$1,833
O-2E$1,932
O-3E$2,049
O-1$1,494
O-2$1,749
O-3$1,944
O-4$2,175
O-5$2,340
O-6$2,358
O-7$2,370
Promoting to E-4 here adds $0 a
month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
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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. $1,344 a month of BAH takes more than $1,344 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.
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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.