Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,046 / mo gross
Without dependents here$2,589 / 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 890 · E-5 · $3,156/mo
County Cost Group 890$3,156/mo · $37,872/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
Vandenberg SFB$3,333
Portsmouth$3,321
Marin$3,303
San Bernardino$3,288
Portland$3,252
Indian Head Navordsta$3,249
Sitka$3,210
San Luis Obispo$3,198
Providence$3,195
Manchester$3,177
County Cost Group 890$3,156
Seattle$3,135
Washington$3,132
Burlington$3,120
Fitchburg$3,093
New Haven$3,069
Warrenton$3,066
Beale AFB$2,967
Santa Fe$2,964
Quantico$2,955
Willow Grove$2,934
Anniston$1,185
County Cost Group 890 is #45 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 8900 – $4,605 / month
E-1$2,955
E-2$2,955
E-3$2,955
E-4$2,955
E-5$3,156
E-6$3,522
E-7$3,633
E-8$3,753
E-9$3,942
W-1$3,540
W-2$3,681
W-3$3,831
W-4$3,984
W-5$4,173
O-1E$3,654
O-2E$3,807
O-3E$4,014
O-1$3,207
O-2$3,519
O-3$3,828
O-4$4,236
O-5$4,530
O-6$4,569
O-7$4,605
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from County Cost Group 890 to San Francisco at E-5
is worth $1,971 a month — about 5 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.