PCS compareDes Moines · E-4 · with dep. · $1,593/mo
Des Moines$1,593/mo · $19,116/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-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City$5,067
Corpus Christi$1,644
Lincoln$1,641
Coos Bay$1,635
Fort Benning$1,635
County Cost Group 770$1,632
Marquette$1,626
Auburn$1,617
Waco$1,617
Lansing$1,611
Montgomery$1,605
Des Moines$1,593
Camp Lejeune$1,578
Fallon NAS$1,578
Fort Knox$1,575
Fort Drum$1,569
Fort Huachuca$1,569
County Cost Group 760$1,566
Mountain Home AFB$1,563
Yuma$1,551
Oklahoma City$1,542
Tulsa$1,542
Youngstown$1,134
Des Moines is #239 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 Des Moines0 – $2,943 / month
E-1$1,593
E-2$1,593
E-3$1,593
E-4$1,593
E-5$1,770
E-6$2,208
E-7$2,292
E-8$2,379
E-9$2,511
W-1$2,229
W-2$2,328
W-3$2,436
W-4$2,538
W-5$2,667
O-1E$2,304
O-2E$2,418
O-3E$2,559
O-1$1,830
O-2$2,205
O-3$2,433
O-4$2,706
O-5$2,904
O-6$2,925
O-7$2,943
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Des Moines to New York City at E-4
is worth $3,474 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.