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.
W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
Westchester County$6,036
Grand Haven$2,517
Fort Carson$2,514
County Cost Group 810$2,511
Omaha$2,493
Phoenix$2,481
Carlisle Barracks$2,469
Coos Bay$2,469
New Orleans$2,466
Charlotte$2,463
Chattanooga$2,463
Durham$2,454
Fort Worth$2,451
Cleveland$2,448
Battle Creek$2,445
Hampton$2,445
Myrtle Beach$2,445
State College$2,436
Grand Rapids$2,430
Fargo$2,427
Columbus$2,418
El Centro$2,418
Youngstown$1,560
Durham is #169 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,476 a month —
$53,712 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Durham0 – $3,279 / month
E-1$1,995
E-2$1,995
E-3$1,995
E-4$1,995
E-5$2,118
E-6$2,391
E-7$2,436
E-8$2,484
E-9$2,631
W-1$2,409
W-2$2,454
W-3$2,520
W-4$2,673
W-5$2,868
O-1E$2,439
O-2E$2,508
O-3E$2,703
O-1$2,160
O-2$2,388
O-3$2,517
O-4$2,931
O-5$3,231
O-6$3,258
O-7$3,279
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Durham to Westchester County at W-2
is worth $3,582 a month — about 54 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.