PCS compareEdwards AFB · E-5 · with dep. · $2,658/mo
Edwards AFB$2,658/mo · $31,896/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
Denver$2,841
JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst$2,823
Boulder$2,754
Cape May$2,754
Everett$2,748
Tampa$2,709
Fort Myers Beach$2,694
Fort Pierce$2,691
Philadelphia$2,691
Fort Detrick$2,682
Edwards AFB$2,658
Orlando$2,658
Atlantic City$2,655
Madison$2,655
County Cost Group 870$2,652
Ballston Spa$2,634
Baltimore$2,610
Milwaukee$2,607
Outer Banks$2,604
New London$2,580
Ann Arbor$2,559
Anniston$1,185
Edwards AFB is #76 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 Edwards AFB0 – $3,900 / month
E-1$2,475
E-2$2,475
E-3$2,475
E-4$2,475
E-5$2,658
E-6$3,156
E-7$3,195
E-8$3,237
E-9$3,354
W-1$3,177
W-2$3,213
W-3$3,267
W-4$3,390
W-5$3,546
O-1E$3,198
O-2E$3,255
O-3E$3,414
O-1$2,724
O-2$3,153
O-3$3,264
O-4$3,597
O-5$3,840
O-6$3,870
O-7$3,900
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Edwards AFB to San Francisco at E-5
is worth $2,469 a month — about 5 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.