PCS compareCounty Cost Group 830 · W-5 · $2,691/mo
Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,892/mo · $34,704/yr
▲ RAISE+$201+$2,412/yr · like +$3,092 of salary
What this rate means
W-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,946 / month
Westchester County$5,946
Reno$2,730
Nashville$2,721
Atlanta$2,712
St. Louis$2,700
County Cost Group 830$2,691
Savannah$2,691
Asheville$2,688
Richmond$2,685
Spokane$2,685
Youngstown$1,527
County Cost Group 830 is #124 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,419 a month —
$53,028 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at County Cost Group 8300 – $2,856 / month
E-1$1,650
E-2$1,650
E-3$1,650
E-4$1,650
E-5$1,839
E-6$1,959
E-7$2,103
E-8$2,319
E-9$2,412
W-1$2,058
W-2$2,316
W-3$2,427
W-4$2,595
W-5$2,691
O-1E$2,247
O-2E$2,391
O-3E$2,571
O-1$1,944
O-2$2,202
O-3$2,457
O-4$2,667
O-5$2,721
O-6$2,808
O-7$2,856
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 15% 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. $2,691 a month of BAH takes more than $2,691 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.