PCS compareCounty Cost Group 810 · E-1 · $1,518/mo
Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,875/mo · $22,500/yr
▲ RAISE+$357+$4,284/yr · like +$5,492 of salary
What this rate means
E-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
New York City$4,833
Houston$1,524
Mountain Home AFB$1,521
Pensacola$1,521
Charlotte$1,518
County Cost Group 810$1,518
Helena$1,515
Raleigh$1,515
Fort Gordon$1,506
El Centro$1,500
Fort Chaffee$879
County Cost Group 810 is #171 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month —
$47,448 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at County Cost Group 8100 – $2,646 / month
E-1$1,518
E-2$1,518
E-3$1,518
E-4$1,518
E-5$1,683
E-6$1,794
E-7$1,926
E-8$2,133
E-9$2,223
W-1$1,887
W-2$2,130
W-3$2,238
W-4$2,403
W-5$2,493
O-1E$2,061
O-2E$2,202
O-3E$2,379
O-1$1,779
O-2$2,022
O-3$2,268
O-4$2,472
O-5$2,520
O-6$2,604
O-7$2,646
Promoting to E-2 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 27% 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. $1,518 a month of BAH takes more than $1,518 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.
Ad slot — in-content, after the answerPlaced below the number, never above it. VA-loan and PCS-move advertisers bid here.
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.
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.