PCS compareState College · O-3 · with dep. · $2,580/mo
State College$2,580/mo · $30,960/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.
O-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,633 / month
Westchester County$6,633
Elizabeth City$2,667
El Centro$2,664
Pittsburgh$2,643
Volusia County$2,634
Wilmington$2,628
County Cost Group 810$2,622
Cincinnati$2,604
Omaha$2,601
Fort Stewart$2,598
Fort Carson$2,595
State College$2,580
Tallahassee$2,580
Columbus$2,577
Birmingham$2,565
Carlisle Barracks$2,559
Grand Haven$2,553
New Orleans$2,553
Dahlonega$2,550
Provo$2,529
Myrtle Beach$2,523
Chattanooga$2,520
Anniston$1,686
State College is #162 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,947 a month —
$59,364 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at State College0 – $3,228 / month
E-1$1,656
E-2$1,656
E-3$1,656
E-4$1,656
E-5$1,791
E-6$2,274
E-7$2,388
E-8$2,508
E-9$2,679
W-1$2,295
W-2$2,436
W-3$2,583
W-4$2,715
W-5$2,877
O-1E$2,406
O-2E$2,562
O-3E$2,739
O-1$1,854
O-2$2,271
O-3$2,580
O-4$2,928
O-5$3,180
O-6$3,207
O-7$3,228
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from State College to Westchester County at O-3
is worth $4,053 a month — about 12 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.