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-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,654 / month
Westchester County$6,654
Maui County$5,586
San Francisco$5,559
New York City$5,535
Nantucket$5,445
Santa Clara County$5,202
Boston$5,169
Northern New Jersey$5,097
Long Island$5,064
Martha's Vineyard$5,031
Florida Keys$4,884
Monterey$4,842
Hanscom AFB$4,773
Kauai County$4,668
Camp Pendleton$4,662
Staten Island$4,560
Essex CO$4,545
Los Angeles$4,530
San Diego$4,521
Portsmouth$4,476
Miami$4,446
Honolulu County$4,434
Anniston$1,689
Monterey is #12 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,965 a month —
$59,580 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.
Moving from Monterey to Westchester County at W-3
is worth $1,812 a month — about 11 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.