PCS compareEl Centro · O-2E · with dep. · $2,634/mo
El Centro$2,634/mo · $31,608/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.
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.
O-2E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,564 / month
Westchester County$6,564
Panama City$2,691
Houston$2,688
Salem$2,688
Norfolk$2,685
Yakima$2,682
Gainesville$2,676
Coos Bay$2,670
College Station$2,667
Elizabeth City$2,655
Pittsburgh$2,640
El Centro$2,634
Volusia County$2,622
Wilmington$2,619
County Cost Group 810$2,607
Cincinnati$2,595
Fort Stewart$2,586
Omaha$2,586
Fort Carson$2,583
Birmingham$2,562
State College$2,562
Columbus$2,556
Anniston$1,671
El Centro is #154 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,893 a month —
$58,716 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at El Centro0 – $3,018 / month
E-1$1,905
E-2$1,905
E-3$1,905
E-4$1,905
E-5$1,986
E-6$2,151
E-7$2,334
E-8$2,541
E-9$2,721
W-1$2,166
W-2$2,418
W-3$2,673
W-4$2,739
W-5$2,823
O-1E$2,373
O-2E$2,634
O-3E$2,751
O-1$2,013
O-2$2,148
O-3$2,664
O-4$2,847
O-5$2,976
O-6$2,997
O-7$3,018
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from El Centro to Westchester County at O-2E
is worth $3,930 a month — about 34 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.