PCS compareLos Angeles · E-5 · with dep. · $3,882/mo
Los Angeles$3,882/mo · $46,584/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
Westchester County$4,479
Long Island$4,425
Nantucket$4,344
Maui County$4,329
Hanscom AFB$4,188
Martha's Vineyard$3,984
San Diego$3,975
Florida Keys$3,969
Camp Pendleton$3,963
Cape Cod-Plymouth$3,924
Los Angeles$3,882
Kauai County$3,798
Oakland$3,759
Staten Island$3,735
Honolulu County$3,663
Miami$3,660
Hawaii County$3,594
Fort Monmouth$3,549
Ventura$3,537
Essex CO$3,477
West Point$3,468
Anniston$1,185
Los Angeles is #16 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 Los Angeles0 – $5,526 / month
E-1$3,570
E-2$3,570
E-3$3,570
E-4$3,570
E-5$3,882
E-6$4,188
E-7$4,311
E-8$4,443
E-9$4,674
W-1$4,209
W-2$4,365
W-3$4,530
W-4$4,728
W-5$4,971
O-1E$4,332
O-2E$4,503
O-3E$4,767
O-1$3,927
O-2$4,185
O-3$4,524
O-4$5,052
O-5$5,436
O-6$5,481
O-7$5,526
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Los Angeles to San Francisco at E-5
is worth $1,245 a month — about 4 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.