PCS compareCounty Cost Group 840 · O-7 · $3,510/mo
Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,687/mo · $44,244/yr
▲ RAISE+$177+$2,124/yr · like +$2,723 of salary
What this rate means
O-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $8,208 / month
Westchester County$8,208
Beale AFB$3,546
Knoxville$3,543
JB Lewis-McChord$3,525
Allentown$3,516
County Cost Group 840$3,510
Beaufort$3,489
Port Angeles$3,489
Fresno$3,465
Bremerton$3,462
Youngstown$1,845
County Cost Group 840 is #107 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $6,363 a month —
$76,356 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at County Cost Group 8400 – $3,510 / month
E-1$2,166
E-2$2,166
E-3$2,166
E-4$2,166
E-5$2,322
E-6$2,655
E-7$2,745
E-8$2,844
E-9$2,997
W-1$2,673
W-2$2,787
W-3$2,910
W-4$3,030
W-5$3,180
O-1E$2,760
O-2E$2,889
O-3E$3,051
O-1$2,367
O-2$2,652
O-3$2,907
O-4$3,225
O-5$3,459
O-6$3,486
O-7$3,510
Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.
01
Dependency status is worth 20% 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. $3,510 a month of BAH takes more than $3,510 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.