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-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,832 / month
Westchester County$5,832
Edwards AFB$3,195
Ann Arbor$3,180
New London$3,159
Beale AFB$3,150
Fort Detrick$3,132
Cape May$3,114
Denver$3,114
County Cost Group 870$3,096
Madison$3,084
Stockton$3,072
Tampa$3,066
Hampden County$3,063
JB Elmendorf-Richardson$3,045
Austin$3,039
Ketchikan$3,027
Philadelphia$3,000
Ballston Spa$2,997
Brunswick$2,997
Outer Banks$2,997
Sacramento$2,997
Baltimore$2,994
Youngstown$1,491
Tampa is #75 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,341 a month —
$52,092 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Tampa0 – $3,441 / month
E-1$2,520
E-2$2,520
E-3$2,520
E-4$2,520
E-5$2,709
E-6$3,042
E-7$3,066
E-8$3,075
E-9$3,123
W-1$3,063
W-2$3,072
W-3$3,084
W-4$3,141
W-5$3,231
O-1E$3,069
O-2E$3,078
O-3E$3,156
O-1$2,757
O-2$3,039
O-3$3,081
O-4$3,255
O-5$3,390
O-6$3,417
O-7$3,441
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Tampa to Westchester County at E-7
is worth $2,766 a month — about 307 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.