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-3E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,023 / month
Westchester County$7,023
West Point$4,608
Honolulu County$4,572
Oakland$4,566
San Luis Obispo$4,536
Portland$4,524
Fort Monmouth$4,503
Perth Amboy$4,422
Burlington$4,380
Seattle$4,371
Manchester$4,365
Ventura$4,365
Marin$4,335
Fitchburg$4,302
Newport$4,284
Washington$4,197
West Palm Beach$4,191
Providence$4,152
New Haven$4,038
Hawaii County$4,026
County Cost Group 890$4,014
Worcester$4,002
Youngstown$1,788
Ventura is #33 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,235 a month —
$62,820 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Ventura0 – $4,866 / month
E-1$3,378
E-2$3,378
E-3$3,378
E-4$3,378
E-5$3,537
E-6$4,008
E-7$4,083
E-8$4,161
E-9$4,305
W-1$4,029
W-2$4,116
W-3$4,215
W-4$4,341
W-5$4,497
O-1E$4,095
O-2E$4,200
O-3E$4,365
O-1$3,600
O-2$4,002
O-3$4,212
O-4$4,545
O-5$4,788
O-6$4,830
O-7$4,866
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
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.