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-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
Marin$3,252
Monterey$3,249
Trenton$3,210
Indian Head Navordsta$3,192
West Palm Beach$3,189
Chicago$3,174
Vandenberg SFB$3,156
Portsmouth$3,099
Riverside$3,096
Washington$3,096
Vallejo$3,090
Portland$3,087
Providence$3,045
San Luis Obispo$3,027
Fitchburg$3,024
Manchester$2,994
Seattle$2,976
San Bernardino$2,958
County Cost Group 890$2,955
New Haven$2,955
Warrenton$2,868
Youngstown$1,134
Vallejo is #38 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month —
$47,196 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Vallejo0 – $3,987 / month
E-1$3,090
E-2$3,090
E-3$3,090
E-4$3,090
E-5$3,369
E-6$3,498
E-7$3,516
E-8$3,525
E-9$3,597
W-1$3,513
W-2$3,522
W-3$3,540
W-4$3,621
W-5$3,729
O-1E$3,519
O-2E$3,531
O-3E$3,636
O-1$3,393
O-2$3,495
O-3$3,537
O-4$3,762
O-5$3,927
O-6$3,960
O-7$3,987
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Vallejo to New York City at E-4
is worth $1,977 a month — about 7 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.