PCS compareIndian Head Navordsta · W-4 · $3,804/mo
Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,198/mo · $38,376/yr
▼ CUT−$606−$7,272/yr · like −$9,323 of salary
What this rate means
W-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,963 / month
Westchester County$6,963
Hartford$3,903
Warrenton$3,873
Boulder$3,825
Brunswick$3,807
Indian Head Navordsta$3,804
Chicago$3,795
Santa Fe$3,780
Atlantic City$3,774
Riverside$3,768
Stevens Point$1,779
Indian Head Navordsta is #50 of 338. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,184 a month —
$62,208 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Indian Head Navordsta0 – $4,344 / month
E-1$3,192
E-2$3,192
E-3$3,192
E-4$3,192
E-5$3,249
E-6$3,378
E-7$3,483
E-8$3,597
E-9$3,768
W-1$3,393
W-2$3,528
W-3$3,672
W-4$3,804
W-5$3,969
O-1E$3,501
O-2E$3,648
O-3E$3,831
O-1$3,273
O-2$3,375
O-3$3,669
O-4$4,020
O-5$4,278
O-6$4,314
O-7$4,344
Promoting to W-5 here adds $165 a
month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
01
Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Indian Head Navordsta to Westchester County at W-4 is worth $3,159 a month — about 19 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $165 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 12% here. That is a status your finance office determines, not a box you tick — and it is the single largest lever on this page that is not a change of address.
03
None of it is taxed. $3,804 a month of BAH takes more than $3,804 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.
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Things the rate table doesn't 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.