PCS compareGrand Rapids · E-6 · with dep. · $2,403/mo
Grand Rapids$2,403/mo · $28,836/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-6 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,454 / month
San Francisco$5,454
Phoenix$2,457
Fairbanks$2,454
Panama City$2,442
Fort Stewart$2,439
Charlotte$2,436
Fort Carson$2,433
Barstow$2,430
Fort Worth$2,424
Hampton$2,421
Cleveland$2,418
Grand Rapids$2,403
Chattanooga$2,397
Salem$2,397
College Station$2,391
Durham$2,391
Ocala$2,391
County Cost Group 810$2,388
Syracuse$2,385
Yakima$2,382
Carlisle Barracks$2,376
Omaha$2,376
Youngstown$1,335
Grand Rapids is #159 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,119 a month —
$49,428 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Grand Rapids0 – $2,988 / month
E-1$1,950
E-2$1,950
E-3$1,950
E-4$1,950
E-5$2,148
E-6$2,403
E-7$2,424
E-8$2,433
E-9$2,517
W-1$2,421
W-2$2,430
W-3$2,442
W-4$2,547
W-5$2,688
O-1E$2,427
O-2E$2,436
O-3E$2,571
O-1$2,184
O-2$2,400
O-3$2,439
O-4$2,730
O-5$2,946
O-6$2,970
O-7$2,988
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Grand Rapids to San Francisco at E-6
is worth $3,051 a month — about 145 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.