PCS compareSan Antonio (JBSA) · W-3 · with dep. · $2,130/mo
San Antonio (JBSA)$2,130/mo · $25,560/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-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,654 / month
Westchester County$6,654
Columbus AFB$2,184
Fort Bragg$2,178
Minot AFB$2,178
Brownsville$2,172
China Lake$2,157
County Cost Group 750$2,157
Frankfort$2,136
Lexington$2,133
Champaign$2,130
Lansing$2,130
San Antonio (JBSA)$2,130
Columbia$2,127
Laughlin AFB$2,127
Sioux Falls$2,109
Tulsa$2,109
County Cost Group 740$2,100
Wright-Patterson AFB$2,100
Camp Lejeune$2,088
Wilkes-Barre$2,088
White Sands MR$2,085
County Cost Group 730$2,067
Anniston$1,689
San Antonio (JBSA) is #259 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,965 a month —
$59,580 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 Westchester County at W-3
is worth $4,524 a month — about 94 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.