PCS compareFort Drum · E-3 · with dep. · $1,569/mo
Fort Drum$1,569/mo · $18,828/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-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
County Cost Group 770$1,632
Marquette$1,626
Auburn$1,617
Waco$1,617
Lansing$1,611
Montgomery$1,605
Des Moines$1,593
Camp Lejeune$1,578
Fallon NAS$1,578
Fort Knox$1,575
Fort Drum$1,569
Fort Huachuca$1,569
County Cost Group 760$1,566
Mountain Home AFB$1,563
Yuma$1,551
Oklahoma City$1,542
Tulsa$1,542
Cheyenne$1,539
Malmstrom SFB$1,539
Akron$1,536
Scott AFB$1,536
Youngstown$1,134
Fort Drum is #243 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 Fort Drum0 – $2,823 / month
E-1$1,569
E-2$1,569
E-3$1,569
E-4$1,569
E-5$1,665
E-6$1,893
E-7$2,103
E-8$2,331
E-9$2,526
W-1$1,914
W-2$2,196
W-3$2,478
W-4$2,544
W-5$2,631
O-1E$2,145
O-2E$2,436
O-3E$2,559
O-1$1,701
O-2$1,890
O-3$2,469
O-4$2,655
O-5$2,784
O-6$2,805
O-7$2,823
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.