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.
O-1E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,931 / month
Westchester County$5,931
Warrenton$3,501
JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst$3,489
Juneau$3,447
Atlantic City$3,435
Willow Grove$3,426
San Bernardino$3,402
Everett$3,384
Fort G. G. Meade$3,333
County Cost Group 880$3,324
Annapolis$3,315
Sitka$3,312
Quantico$3,234
Ann Arbor$3,198
Edwards AFB$3,198
New London$3,174
Beale AFB$3,153
Fort Detrick$3,144
Madison$3,123
Denver$3,120
Cape May$3,117
County Cost Group 870$3,114
Youngstown$1,521
Sitka is #63 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,410 a month —
$52,920 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Sitka0 – $3,825 / month
E-1$2,355
E-2$2,355
E-3$2,355
E-4$2,355
E-5$3,210
E-6$3,228
E-7$3,294
E-8$3,399
E-9$3,513
W-1$3,231
W-2$3,336
W-3$3,465
W-4$3,531
W-5$3,618
O-1E$3,312
O-2E$3,447
O-3E$3,546
O-1$3,222
O-2$3,225
O-3$3,462
O-4$3,639
O-5$3,768
O-6$3,798
O-7$3,825
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Sitka to Westchester County at O-1E
is worth $2,619 a month — about 19 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.