PCS compareSacramento · E-8 · with dep. · $3,021/mo
Sacramento$3,021/mo · $36,252/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.
E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
Westchester County$6,333
Astoria$3,114
Kodiak Island$3,096
Baltimore$3,093
Fort Myers Beach$3,078
Tampa$3,075
JB Lewis-McChord$3,072
Milwaukee$3,072
Outer Banks$3,051
County Cost Group 860$3,027
Port Angeles$3,027
Sacramento$3,021
Whidbey Island$3,018
Fort Pierce$3,015
Philadelphia$3,009
Traverse City$3,003
Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,991
Orlando$2,991
Bremerton$2,967
Bridgeport$2,964
Charlottesville$2,964
Portland$2,961
Anniston$1,638
Sacramento is #92 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 Sacramento0 – $3,576 / month
E-1$2,598
E-2$2,598
E-3$2,598
E-4$2,598
E-5$2,904
E-6$2,979
E-7$2,997
E-8$3,021
E-9$3,114
W-1$2,994
W-2$3,006
W-3$3,042
W-4$3,144
W-5$3,276
O-1E$3,000
O-2E$3,033
O-3E$3,165
O-1$2,922
O-2$2,976
O-3$3,039
O-4$3,318
O-5$3,525
O-6$3,552
O-7$3,576
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Sacramento to Westchester County at E-8
is worth $3,312 a month — about 36 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.