PCS compareNew York City · O-2E · with dep. · $5,502/mo
New York City$5,502/mo · $66,024/yr
CURRENT
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.
O-2E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,564 / month
Westchester County$6,564
San Francisco$5,547
Maui County$5,529
New York City$5,502
Nantucket$5,421
Santa Clara County$5,184
Boston$5,142
Northern New Jersey$5,088
Long Island$5,043
Martha's Vineyard$5,001
Florida Keys$4,827
Monterey$4,773
Hanscom AFB$4,752
Camp Pendleton$4,644
Kauai County$4,638
Staten Island$4,533
San Diego$4,506
Los Angeles$4,503
Essex CO$4,488
Portsmouth$4,419
Honolulu County$4,398
Anniston$1,671
New York City is #4 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,893 a month —
$58,716 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at New York City0 – $7,254 / month
E-1$5,067
E-2$5,067
E-3$5,067
E-4$5,067
E-5$5,070
E-6$5,097
E-7$5,238
E-8$5,418
E-9$5,790
W-1$5,100
W-2$5,313
W-3$5,535
W-4$5,883
W-5$6,306
O-1E$5,271
O-2E$5,502
O-3E$5,949
O-1$5,073
O-2$5,094
O-3$5,529
O-4$6,459
O-5$7,128
O-6$7,194
O-7$7,254
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from New York City to Westchester County at O-2E
is worth $1,062 a month — about 2 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.