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-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
Phoenix$2,061
Knoxville$2,058
Panama City$2,058
Buffalo$2,055
Asheville$2,052
Coastal Maine$2,052
Austin$2,046
Eugene$2,046
Jacksonville$2,046
Traverse City$2,037
Detroit$2,034
Cincinnati$2,031
County Cost Group 820$2,016
Kings Bay$2,016
Whidbey Island$2,013
Charlotte$2,004
Grand Haven$2,004
Durham$1,995
Albuquerque$1,992
Memphis$1,992
Eastern Shore$1,989
Youngstown$1,134
Detroit is #143 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month —
$47,196 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Detroit0 – $3,609 / month
E-1$2,034
E-2$2,034
E-3$2,034
E-4$2,034
E-5$2,361
E-6$2,583
E-7$2,652
E-8$2,730
E-9$2,904
W-1$2,601
W-2$2,682
W-3$2,781
W-4$2,949
W-5$3,159
O-1E$2,664
O-2E$2,763
O-3E$2,982
O-1$2,397
O-2$2,580
O-3$2,778
O-4$3,228
O-5$3,555
O-6$3,582
O-7$3,609
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
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.