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-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
Maui County$3,819
Florida Keys$3,813
Cape Cod-Plymouth$3,696
San Diego$3,666
Martha's Vineyard$3,663
Camp Pendleton$3,627
Kauai County$3,588
Los Angeles$3,570
Staten Island$3,549
Oakland$3,471
Miami$3,459
Hawaii County$3,447
Ventura$3,378
Fort Monmouth$3,357
Perth Amboy$3,339
Honolulu County$3,333
Essex CO$3,282
West Point$3,258
Marin$3,252
Monterey$3,249
Trenton$3,210
Youngstown$1,134
Miami is #20 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 Miami0 – $5,862 / month
E-1$3,459
E-2$3,459
E-3$3,459
E-4$3,459
E-5$3,660
E-6$3,792
E-7$4,026
E-8$4,281
E-9$4,656
W-1$3,813
W-2$4,131
W-3$4,446
W-4$4,737
W-5$5,085
O-1E$4,074
O-2E$4,398
O-3E$4,791
O-1$3,687
O-2$3,789
O-3$4,437
O-4$5,208
O-5$5,763
O-6$5,814
O-7$5,862
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Miami to New York City at E-4
is worth $1,608 a month — about 8 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.