PCS compareSan Francisco · E-8 · with dep. · $5,529/mo
San Francisco$5,529/mo · $66,348/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
San Francisco$5,529
New York City$5,418
Maui County$5,382
Nantucket$5,364
Santa Clara County$5,145
Northern New Jersey$5,082
Boston$5,079
Long Island$4,992
Martha's Vineyard$4,923
Hanscom AFB$4,698
Florida Keys$4,677
Monterey$4,599
Camp Pendleton$4,596
Kauai County$4,566
San Diego$4,488
Staten Island$4,473
Los Angeles$4,443
Essex CO$4,344
Cape Cod-Plymouth$4,317
West Point$4,317
Anniston$1,638
San Francisco is #2 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 San Francisco0 – $7,215 / month
E-1$4,764
E-2$4,764
E-3$4,764
E-4$4,764
E-5$5,127
E-6$5,454
E-7$5,490
E-8$5,529
E-9$5,799
W-1$5,472
W-2$5,505
W-3$5,559
W-4$5,892
W-5$6,297
O-1E$5,493
O-2E$5,547
O-3E$5,955
O-1$5,172
O-2$5,451
O-3$5,556
O-4$6,444
O-5$7,089
O-6$7,155
O-7$7,215
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from San Francisco to Westchester County at E-8
is worth $804 a month — about 3 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.