PCS compareCounty Cost Group 680 · E-3 · $1,365/mo
Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
▲ RAISE+$903+$10,836/yr · like +$13,892 of salary
What this rate means
E-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
Sault Ste Marie$1,386
Sparta$1,380
County Cost Group 690$1,374
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
Youngstown$1,134
County Cost Group 680 is #296 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 6800 – $2,397 / month
E-1$1,365
E-2$1,365
E-3$1,365
E-4$1,365
E-5$1,470
E-6$1,773
E-7$1,842
E-8$1,920
E-9$2,034
W-1$1,791
W-2$1,875
W-3$1,971
W-4$2,058
W-5$2,166
O-1E$1,854
O-2E$1,956
O-3E$2,073
O-1$1,515
O-2$1,770
O-3$1,968
O-4$2,199
O-5$2,367
O-6$2,385
O-7$2,397
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 25% 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. $1,365 a month of BAH takes more than $1,365 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.