PCS compareCounty Cost Group 680 · E-9 · $1,620/mo
Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,607/mo · $31,284/yr
▲ RAISE+$987+$11,844/yr · like +$15,185 of salary
What this rate means
E-9 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,286 / month
San Francisco$5,286
County Cost Group 690$1,632
Paducah$1,623
Saginaw$1,623
Springfield$1,623
County Cost Group 680$1,620
Sparta$1,620
Gulfport$1,617
County Cost Group 670$1,611
Frankfort$1,611
Anniston$1,335
County Cost Group 680 is #298 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,951 a month —
$47,412 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at County Cost Group 6800 – $1,980 / month
E-1$1,095
E-2$1,095
E-3$1,095
E-4$1,095
E-5$1,191
E-6$1,329
E-7$1,383
E-8$1,536
E-9$1,620
W-1$1,344
W-2$1,533
W-3$1,632
W-4$1,785
W-5$1,860
O-1E$1,467
O-2E$1,602
O-3E$1,764
O-1$1,254
O-2$1,440
O-3$1,659
O-4$1,839
O-5$1,878
O-6$1,947
O-7$1,980
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 26% 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. $1,620 a month of BAH takes more than $1,620 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.