Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,400 / mo gross
Without dependents here$2,172 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
COUNTY COST GROUP
This is not one installation. DTMO groups counties without a dedicated base into a "County Cost Group". The rate applies to any member whose duty location falls in one of the ZIP codes listed above.
PCS compareCounty Cost Group 870 · E-5 · $2,652/mo
County Cost Group 870$2,652/mo · $31,824/yr
CURRENT
Pick a station below to see what the move is worth a year, before tax.
Orders rarely arrive as one option — add several and rank them.
Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied —
a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.
E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco$5,127
Everett$2,748
Tampa$2,709
Fort Myers Beach$2,694
Fort Pierce$2,691
Philadelphia$2,691
Fort Detrick$2,682
Edwards AFB$2,658
Orlando$2,658
Atlantic City$2,655
Madison$2,655
County Cost Group 870$2,652
Ballston Spa$2,634
Baltimore$2,610
Milwaukee$2,607
Outer Banks$2,604
New London$2,580
Ann Arbor$2,559
JB Lewis-McChord$2,556
Stockton$2,553
Minneapolis$2,541
Elizabeth City$2,508
Anniston$1,185
County Cost Group 870 is #80 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,942 a month —
$47,304 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at County Cost Group 8700 – $3,945 / month
E-1$2,478
E-2$2,478
E-3$2,478
E-4$2,478
E-5$2,652
E-6$2,997
E-7$3,096
E-8$3,204
E-9$3,372
W-1$3,018
W-2$3,141
W-3$3,273
W-4$3,408
W-5$3,573
O-1E$3,114
O-2E$3,252
O-3E$3,432
O-1$2,700
O-2$2,994
O-3$3,270
O-4$3,627
O-5$3,882
O-6$3,915
O-7$3,945
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from County Cost Group 870 to San Francisco at E-5
is worth $2,475 a month — about 7 promotions at this grade.
Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.
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.