PCS compareCharlotte · E-5 · with dep. · $2,169/mo
Charlotte$2,169/mo · $26,028/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.
E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco$5,127
Albuquerque$2,211
Dahlonega$2,208
Brunswick$2,205
Coastal Maine$2,193
Houston$2,193
Eugene$2,187
Knoxville$2,184
Spokane$2,184
Grand Haven$2,181
Jacksonville$2,181
Charlotte$2,169
Panama City$2,163
County Cost Group 820$2,160
Memphis$2,154
Grand Rapids$2,148
Lemoore NAS$2,139
Kings Bay$2,133
Salt Lake City$2,130
Eastern Shore$2,121
Durham$2,118
Fort Worth$2,118
Anniston$1,185
Charlotte is #147 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,942 a month —
$47,304 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Charlotte0 – $2,610 / month
E-1$2,004
E-2$2,004
E-3$2,004
E-4$2,004
E-5$2,169
E-6$2,436
E-7$2,457
E-8$2,466
E-9$2,478
W-1$2,454
W-2$2,463
W-3$2,475
W-4$2,481
W-5$2,514
O-1E$2,460
O-2E$2,469
O-3E$2,484
O-1$2,211
O-2$2,433
O-3$2,472
O-4$2,520
O-5$2,577
O-6$2,595
O-7$2,610
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Charlotte to San Francisco at E-5
is worth $2,958 a month — about 11 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.