PCS compareDes Moines · W-3 · with dep. · $2,436/mo
Des Moines$2,436/mo · $29,232/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-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,654 / month
Westchester County$6,654
Rapid City$2,478
Bloomington$2,475
Charlotte$2,475
Fort Worth$2,463
Cleveland$2,460
Lemoore NAS$2,454
Cheyenne$2,445
Grand Rapids$2,442
Ocala$2,442
County Cost Group 790$2,436
Des Moines$2,436
Fort Knox$2,424
Morehead$2,424
Auburn$2,421
Kings Bay$2,421
Eastern Shore$2,409
Albuquerque$2,400
Fort Leavenworth$2,397
Louisville$2,397
Raleigh$2,394
Marquette$2,391
Anniston$1,689
Des Moines is #194 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,965 a month —
$59,580 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 Westchester County at W-3
is worth $4,218 a month — about 41 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.