PCS compareSan Antonio (JBSA) · W-1 · with dep. · $2,109/mo
San Antonio (JBSA)$2,109/mo · $25,308/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.
Verified official history. With-dependents rate shown; use the dependency switch above for its exact comparison.
MHA
Most JBSA grades went DOWN for 2026 — see the rate-protection flag below.
RATE PROTECTION
Already stationed here? You don't take this cut. BAH rate protection holds you at your prior year's amount as long as your duty location, grade and dependency status stay the same. The lower 2026 number applies to members arriving on new orders, and to you if you promote, change dependency status, or PCS.
W-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,472 / month
San Francisco$5,472
County Cost Group 780$2,148
Fort Wayne$2,145
Johnson City$2,145
Columbia$2,136
Davis-Monthan AFB$2,136
Wichita Fls$2,133
Lincoln$2,130
Greensboro$2,127
Fort Campbell$2,121
Waco$2,118
San Antonio (JBSA)$2,109
Greenville$2,097
Huntsville$2,097
Roanoke$2,094
Mobile$2,091
County Cost Group 770$2,085
Tallahassee$2,082
Bangor$2,067
Fort Bragg$2,067
Morehead$2,064
Fayetteville$2,058
Youngstown$1,350
San Antonio (JBSA) is #226 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,122 a month —
$49,464 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at San Antonio (JBSA)0 – $2,490 / month
E-1$1,728
E-2$1,728
E-3$1,728
E-4$1,728
E-5$1,869
E-6$2,094
E-7$2,112
E-8$2,121
E-9$2,157
W-1$2,109
W-2$2,118
W-3$2,130
W-4$2,178
W-5$2,280
O-1E$2,115
O-2E$2,124
O-3E$2,196
O-1$1,905
O-2$2,091
O-3$2,127
O-4$2,307
O-5$2,457
O-6$2,475
O-7$2,490
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from San Antonio (JBSA) to San Francisco at W-1
is worth $3,363 a month — about 374 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.