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-3E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,023 / month
Westchester County$7,023
Oxford$3,162
Tampa$3,156
Traverse City$3,156
County Cost Group 850$3,153
Bridgeport$3,150
Bremerton$3,144
Corvallis$3,102
Asheville$3,069
Dover AFB$3,069
Fairbanks$3,066
Fresno$3,063
Knoxville$3,060
County Cost Group 840$3,051
Orlando$3,045
Minneapolis$3,033
Dahlgren$3,027
Allentown$3,015
Beaufort$3,009
Patrick SFB$2,991
Detroit$2,982
Rome$2,976
Youngstown$1,788
Fresno is #109 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,235 a month —
$62,820 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Fresno0 – $3,465 / month
E-1$2,175
E-2$2,175
E-3$2,175
E-4$2,175
E-5$2,439
E-6$2,826
E-7$2,868
E-8$2,910
E-9$3,015
W-1$2,847
W-2$2,883
W-3$2,940
W-4$3,042
W-5$3,174
O-1E$2,871
O-2E$2,928
O-3E$3,063
O-1$2,490
O-2$2,823
O-3$2,937
O-4$3,213
O-5$3,414
O-6$3,441
O-7$3,465
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.