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-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,633 / month
Westchester County$6,633
Gainesville$2,697
Norfolk$2,694
College Station$2,685
Elizabeth City$2,667
El Centro$2,664
Pittsburgh$2,643
Volusia County$2,634
Wilmington$2,628
County Cost Group 810$2,622
Cincinnati$2,604
Omaha$2,601
Fort Stewart$2,598
Fort Carson$2,595
State College$2,580
Tallahassee$2,580
Columbus$2,577
Birmingham$2,565
Carlisle Barracks$2,559
Grand Haven$2,553
New Orleans$2,553
Dahlonega$2,550
Anniston$1,686
Omaha is #159 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,947 a month —
$59,364 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 O-3
is worth $4,032 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.