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-9 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,882 / month
Westchester County$6,882
Baltimore$3,246
Beale AFB$3,195
Fort Myers Beach$3,192
County Cost Group 860$3,186
Outer Banks$3,186
JB Lewis-McChord$3,180
Fort Pierce$3,171
Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,165
Whidbey Island$3,159
Port Angeles$3,138
Portland$3,138
Charlottesville$3,129
Tampa$3,123
Traverse City$3,123
Great Lakes Navtracen$3,120
Sacramento$3,114
Philadelphia$3,111
Bremerton$3,105
Bridgeport$3,099
County Cost Group 850$3,096
Oxford$3,096
Anniston$1,755
Portland is #93 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,127 a month —
$61,524 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Portland0 – $3,759 / month
E-1$2,193
E-2$2,193
E-3$2,193
E-4$2,193
E-5$2,379
E-6$2,751
E-7$2,853
E-8$2,961
E-9$3,138
W-1$2,772
W-2$2,898
W-3$3,033
W-4$3,180
W-5$3,360
O-1E$2,871
O-2E$3,012
O-3E$3,207
O-1$2,430
O-2$2,748
O-3$3,030
O-4$3,420
O-5$3,702
O-6$3,732
O-7$3,759
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
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.