PCS compareFairbanks · W-2 · with dep. · $2,694/mo
Fairbanks$2,694/mo · $32,328/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.
W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
Westchester County$6,036
Knoxville$2,784
Dahlgren$2,781
Reno$2,739
Atlanta$2,736
Nashville$2,730
Asheville$2,709
County Cost Group 830$2,709
St. Louis$2,709
Spokane$2,706
Savannah$2,697
Fairbanks$2,694
Richmond$2,694
Twenty Nine Palms MCB$2,688
Detroit$2,682
Fort Collins$2,673
Buffalo$2,667
Charleston$2,667
Helena$2,661
Patuxent River$2,661
Rochester$2,643
Pittsburgh$2,634
Youngstown$1,560
Fairbanks is #128 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 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 Westchester County at W-2
is worth $3,342 a month — about 13 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.