PCS compareNew York City · W-2 · with dep. · $5,313/mo
New York City$5,313/mo · $63,756/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.
W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
Westchester County$6,036
San Francisco$5,505
New York City$5,313
Nantucket$5,292
Maui County$5,196
Santa Clara County$5,094
Northern New Jersey$5,079
Boston$4,995
Long Island$4,923
Martha's Vineyard$4,821
Hanscom AFB$4,632
Camp Pendleton$4,536
Florida Keys$4,485
Kauai County$4,476
San Diego$4,464
Staten Island$4,395
Monterey$4,374
Los Angeles$4,365
West Point$4,257
Oakland$4,242
Cape Cod-Plymouth$4,218
Youngstown$1,560
New York City is #3 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 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 W-2
is worth $723 a month — about 3 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.