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-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
Humboldt County$1,764
Abilene$1,761
Baton Rouge$1,761
County Cost Group 790$1,761
Little Rock$1,758
Toledo$1,758
Bloomington$1,755
Helena$1,752
Indianapolis$1,749
Fort Campbell$1,743
Roanoke$1,743
Fort Leavenworth$1,740
Mobile$1,731
Yakima$1,731
Bangor$1,728
San Antonio (JBSA)$1,728
Fort Bragg$1,722
Rock Island$1,722
Lexington$1,713
Shreveport$1,701
Battle Creek$1,698
Youngstown$1,134
Roanoke is #206 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month —
$47,196 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Roanoke0 – $2,826 / month
E-1$1,743
E-2$1,743
E-3$1,743
E-4$1,743
E-5$1,911
E-6$2,079
E-7$2,157
E-8$2,244
E-9$2,379
W-1$2,094
W-2$2,193
W-3$2,304
W-4$2,409
W-5$2,541
O-1E$2,172
O-2E$2,286
O-3E$2,430
O-1$1,941
O-2$2,076
O-3$2,301
O-4$2,583
O-5$2,787
O-6$2,808
O-7$2,826
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.