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-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
Westchester County$6,333
College Station$2,616
Gainesville$2,613
Volusia County$2,598
Wilmington$2,595
Cincinnati$2,583
Coos Bay$2,583
County Cost Group 810$2,565
Birmingham$2,559
Fort Stewart$2,556
Fort Carson$2,553
Omaha$2,547
Dahlonega$2,544
El Centro$2,541
Grand Haven$2,535
Carlisle Barracks$2,514
New Orleans$2,508
State College$2,508
Columbus$2,496
Chattanooga$2,490
Durham$2,484
Phoenix$2,484
Anniston$1,638
Omaha is #161 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,695 a month —
$56,340 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Omaha0 – $3,279 / month
E-1$1,887
E-2$1,887
E-3$1,887
E-4$1,887
E-5$2,085
E-6$2,376
E-7$2,457
E-8$2,547
E-9$2,706
W-1$2,394
W-2$2,493
W-3$2,604
W-4$2,742
W-5$2,913
O-1E$2,472
O-2E$2,586
O-3E$2,769
O-1$2,127
O-2$2,373
O-3$2,601
O-4$2,967
O-5$3,231
O-6$3,258
O-7$3,279
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Omaha to Westchester County at E-8
is worth $3,786 a month — about 24 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.