PCS compareCounty Cost Group 830 · E-9 · $2,916/mo
Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,165/mo · $37,980/yr
▲ RAISE+$249+$2,988/yr · like +$3,831 of salary
What this rate means
E-9 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,882 / month
Westchester County$6,882
Patrick SFB$2,955
Beaufort$2,949
Rome$2,937
Coastal Maine$2,919
County Cost Group 830$2,916
Humboldt County$2,916
Detroit$2,904
Dallas$2,901
Spokane$2,901
Anniston$1,755
County Cost Group 830 is #120 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,127 a month —
$61,524 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at County Cost Group 8300 – $3,417 / month
E-1$2,097
E-2$2,097
E-3$2,097
E-4$2,097
E-5$2,250
E-6$2,580
E-7$2,670
E-8$2,766
E-9$2,916
W-1$2,598
W-2$2,709
W-3$2,829
W-4$2,946
W-5$3,093
O-1E$2,685
O-2E$2,811
O-3E$2,970
O-1$2,295
O-2$2,577
O-3$2,826
O-4$3,138
O-5$3,366
O-6$3,393
O-7$3,417
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 21% 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. $2,916 a month of BAH takes more than $2,916 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.
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.