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
Charleston$2,694
Eugene$2,694
Barstow$2,673
County Cost Group 820$2,670
Norfolk$2,661
Houston$2,655
Salt Lake City$2,649
Panama City$2,643
Elizabeth City$2,637
Pittsburgh$2,637
Salem$2,634
Yakima$2,625
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
Anniston$1,638
Salem is #149 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 Salem0 – $3,276 / month
E-1$1,872
E-2$1,872
E-3$1,872
E-4$1,872
E-5$2,004
E-6$2,397
E-7$2,511
E-8$2,634
E-9$2,796
W-1$2,418
W-2$2,562
W-3$2,712
W-4$2,826
W-5$2,967
O-1E$2,532
O-2E$2,688
O-3E$2,847
O-1$2,058
O-2$2,394
O-3$2,709
O-4$3,009
O-5$3,228
O-6$3,252
O-7$3,276
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Salem to Westchester County at E-8
is worth $3,699 a month — about 23 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.