PCS compareCounty Cost Group 860 · W-5 · $2,946/mo
Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,892/mo · $34,704/yr
▼ CUT−$54−$648/yr · like −$831 of salary
What this rate means
W-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,946 / month
Westchester County$5,946
Astoria$2,985
Philadelphia$2,982
Orlando$2,967
Port Angeles$2,958
County Cost Group 860$2,946
Fort Pierce$2,940
Eglin AFB$2,922
Traverse City$2,922
Milwaukee$2,919
Youngstown$1,527
County Cost Group 860 is #92 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 8600 – $3,123 / month
E-1$1,821
E-2$1,821
E-3$1,821
E-4$1,821
E-5$2,037
E-6$2,172
E-7$2,328
E-8$2,562
E-9$2,655
W-1$2,277
W-2$2,559
W-3$2,670
W-4$2,844
W-5$2,946
O-1E$2,484
O-2E$2,634
O-3E$2,820
O-1$2,157
O-2$2,436
O-3$2,703
O-4$2,922
O-5$2,976
O-6$3,072
O-7$3,123
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. $2,946 a month of BAH takes more than $2,946 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.