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-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,472 / month
San Francisco$5,472
San Bernardino$3,396
Warrenton$3,396
Indian Head Navordsta$3,393
Juneau$3,375
Boulder$3,363
Hartford$3,351
Atlantic City$3,312
Fort G. G. Meade$3,297
Everett$3,264
Annapolis$3,246
Sitka$3,231
County Cost Group 880$3,222
Quantico$3,192
Edwards AFB$3,177
Beale AFB$3,147
Ann Arbor$3,099
Cape May$3,093
New London$3,093
Denver$3,081
Fort Detrick$3,081
Tampa$3,063
Youngstown$1,350
Sitka is #62 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 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 San Francisco at W-1
is worth $2,241 a month — about 21 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.