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-9 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,882 / month
Westchester County$6,882
New York City$5,790
Maui County$5,712
Nantucket$5,682
Santa Clara County$5,382
Boston$5,379
Northern New Jersey$5,235
Long Island$5,187
Martha's Vineyard$5,130
Florida Keys$5,097
Hanscom AFB$4,983
Monterey$4,956
Kauai County$4,863
Camp Pendleton$4,779
Essex CO$4,755
Staten Island$4,692
Los Angeles$4,674
San Diego$4,671
Miami$4,656
Portsmouth$4,617
Cape Cod-Plymouth$4,548
Trenton$4,521
Anniston$1,755
Monterey is #13 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,127 a month —
$61,524 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Monterey0 – $5,658 / month
E-1$3,249
E-2$3,249
E-3$3,249
E-4$3,249
E-5$3,465
E-6$3,867
E-7$4,218
E-8$4,599
E-9$4,956
W-1$3,894
W-2$4,374
W-3$4,842
W-4$5,001
W-5$5,196
O-1E$4,293
O-2E$4,773
O-3E$5,031
O-1$3,519
O-2$3,864
O-3$4,824
O-4$5,259
O-5$5,565
O-6$5,613
O-7$5,658
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.