Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,654 / mo gross
Without dependents here$2,337 / 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 880 · E-5 · $2,850/mo
County Cost Group 880$2,850/mo · $34,200/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
Quantico$2,955
Willow Grove$2,934
Annapolis$2,928
Worcester$2,919
Sacramento$2,904
Fort G. G. Meade$2,901
Hartford$2,901
JB Elmendorf-Richardson$2,874
Ketchikan$2,868
Kodiak Island$2,865
County Cost Group 880$2,850
Newport$2,847
Denver$2,841
JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst$2,823
Boulder$2,754
Cape May$2,754
Everett$2,748
Tampa$2,709
Fort Myers Beach$2,694
Fort Pierce$2,691
Philadelphia$2,691
Anniston$1,185
County Cost Group 880 is #64 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 8800 – $4,203 / month
E-1$2,664
E-2$2,664
E-3$2,664
E-4$2,664
E-5$2,850
E-6$3,204
E-7$3,306
E-8$3,420
E-9$3,594
W-1$3,222
W-2$3,354
W-3$3,492
W-4$3,633
W-5$3,807
O-1E$3,324
O-2E$3,471
O-3E$3,660
O-1$2,898
O-2$3,201
O-3$3,489
O-4$3,864
O-5$4,137
O-6$4,170
O-7$4,203
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from County Cost Group 880 to San Francisco at E-5
is worth $2,277 a month — about 6 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.