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.
Comparison uses with-dependents rates. Differences are annual and untaxed.
Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.
E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
Westchester County$6,333
Hampden County$3,288
Quantico$3,288
New London$3,249
JB Elmendorf-Richardson$3,240
Edwards AFB$3,237
Stockton$3,219
Ketchikan$3,213
Fort Detrick$3,207
County Cost Group 870$3,204
Eglin AFB$3,189
Denver$3,168
Beale AFB$3,159
Cape May$3,159
Ballston Spa$3,144
Astoria$3,114
Kodiak Island$3,096
Baltimore$3,093
Fort Myers Beach$3,078
Tampa$3,075
JB Lewis-McChord$3,072
Milwaukee$3,072
Anniston$1,638
Denver is #78 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,695 a month —
$56,340 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Denver0 – $3,642 / month
E-1$2,556
E-2$2,556
E-3$2,556
E-4$2,556
E-5$2,841
E-6$3,063
E-7$3,114
E-8$3,168
E-9$3,267
W-1$3,081
W-2$3,135
W-3$3,210
W-4$3,288
W-5$3,396
O-1E$3,120
O-2E$3,195
O-3E$3,306
O-1$2,874
O-2$3,060
O-3$3,207
O-4$3,426
O-5$3,588
O-6$3,615
O-7$3,642
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Denver to Westchester County at E-8
is worth $3,165 a month — about 32 promotions at this grade.
Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.
What the rate table does not 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.