PCS compareChina Lake · W-5 · with dep. · $2,403/mo
China Lake$2,403/mo · $28,836/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.
W-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,338 / month
Westchester County$7,338
Greensboro$2,445
Brownsville$2,442
Grand Forks$2,439
Seymour Johnson AFB$2,436
Indianapolis$2,433
Tulsa$2,430
Pensacola$2,427
Greenville$2,424
County Cost Group 760$2,421
Huntsville$2,415
China Lake$2,403
Wright-Patterson AFB$2,397
Fort Bragg$2,391
Bismarck$2,385
Lexington$2,379
Wilkes-Barre$2,376
Davis-Monthan AFB$2,373
County Cost Group 750$2,367
Paducah$2,355
Columbia$2,352
Fort Huachuca$2,343
Youngstown$1,806
China Lake is #251 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,532 a month —
$66,384 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at China Lake0 – $2,694 / month
E-1$1,524
E-2$1,524
E-3$1,524
E-4$1,524
E-5$1,563
E-6$1,767
E-7$1,905
E-8$2,058
E-9$2,238
W-1$1,785
W-2$1,968
W-3$2,157
W-4$2,268
W-5$2,403
O-1E$1,932
O-2E$2,130
O-3E$2,289
O-1$1,596
O-2$1,764
O-3$2,154
O-4$2,445
O-5$2,658
O-6$2,676
O-7$2,694
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.