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
County Cost Group 620$1,818
Charleston$1,812
County Cost Group 610$1,809
Lake Charles$1,809
County Cost Group 600$1,803
Saginaw$1,797
County Cost Group 590$1,791
County Cost Group 580$1,779
Erie$1,779
County Cost Group 570$1,764
Meridian$1,758
County Cost Group 560$1,755
County Cost Group 550$1,746
Cannon AFB$1,740
County Cost Group 540$1,737
Stevens Point$1,737
Albany$1,731
County Cost Group 530$1,731
County Cost Group 520$1,725
County Cost Group 510$1,722
Altus AFB$1,704
Youngstown$1,560
Meridian is #322 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 Meridian0 – $2,412 / month
E-1$1,194
E-2$1,194
E-3$1,194
E-4$1,194
E-5$1,290
E-6$1,545
E-7$1,692
E-8$1,854
E-9$2,028
W-1$1,563
W-2$1,758
W-3$1,959
W-4$2,052
W-5$2,169
O-1E$1,722
O-2E$1,929
O-3E$2,070
O-1$1,329
O-2$1,542
O-3$1,953
O-4$2,202
O-5$2,382
O-6$2,400
O-7$2,412
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Meridian to Westchester County at W-2
is worth $4,278 a month — about 21 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.