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-2E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,564 / month
Westchester County$6,564
Morehead$2,397
Albuquerque$2,391
Louisville$2,385
Raleigh$2,385
Auburn$2,379
Fort Leavenworth$2,376
Nellis AFB$2,370
Duluth$2,367
Boise$2,364
Marquette$2,361
Waco$2,361
Bismarck$2,358
Jacksonville$2,355
Memphis$2,349
Ogden$2,349
Fayetteville$2,337
County Cost Group 780$2,331
Johnson City$2,331
Mountain Home AFB$2,316
Fort Hood$2,313
Wichita Fls$2,310
Anniston$1,671
Waco is #208 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,893 a month —
$58,716 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Waco0 – $3,138 / month
E-1$1,617
E-2$1,617
E-3$1,617
E-4$1,617
E-5$1,755
E-6$2,097
E-7$2,199
E-8$2,310
E-9$2,496
W-1$2,118
W-2$2,244
W-3$2,382
W-4$2,538
W-5$2,730
O-1E$2,217
O-2E$2,361
O-3E$2,568
O-1$1,803
O-2$2,094
O-3$2,379
O-4$2,793
O-5$3,093
O-6$3,117
O-7$3,138
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Waco to Westchester County at O-2E
is worth $4,203 a month — about 20 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.