PCS compareFairbanks · E-4 · with dep. · $2,106/mo
Fairbanks$2,106/mo · $25,272/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.
E-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
County Cost Group 840$2,166
Dover AFB$2,160
Fort Carson$2,160
Richmond$2,157
Port Angeles$2,145
Corvallis$2,139
Dahlonega$2,130
Brunswick$2,124
Nashville$2,112
Volusia County$2,112
Fairbanks$2,106
County Cost Group 830$2,097
Bridgeport$2,082
Hampton$2,082
Pittsburgh$2,067
Fort Collins$2,061
Phoenix$2,061
Knoxville$2,058
Panama City$2,058
Buffalo$2,055
Asheville$2,052
Youngstown$1,134
Fairbanks is #127 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 Fairbanks0 – $3,456 / month
E-1$2,106
E-2$2,106
E-3$2,106
E-4$2,106
E-5$2,436
E-6$2,454
E-7$2,610
E-8$2,814
E-9$3,018
W-1$2,457
W-2$2,694
W-3$2,943
W-4$3,045
W-5$3,171
O-1E$2,646
O-2E$2,907
O-3E$3,066
O-1$2,448
O-2$2,451
O-3$2,937
O-4$3,210
O-5$3,405
O-6$3,432
O-7$3,456
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Fairbanks to New York City at E-4
is worth $2,961 a month — about 9 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.