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.
W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
Westchester County$6,036
County Cost Group 820$2,616
Elizabeth City$2,613
Houston$2,610
Syracuse$2,610
Barstow$2,598
Humboldt County$2,595
Panama City$2,580
Wilmington$2,568
Cincinnati$2,565
Volusia County$2,565
Salem$2,562
Salt Lake City$2,559
Birmingham$2,556
Yakima$2,550
College Station$2,547
Dahlonega$2,541
Gainesville$2,532
Fort Stewart$2,520
Grand Haven$2,517
Fort Carson$2,514
County Cost Group 810$2,511
Youngstown$1,560
Salem is #151 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,476 a month —
$53,712 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 W-2
is worth $3,474 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.