PCS compareLos Angeles · W-3 · with dep. · $4,530/mo
Los Angeles$4,530/mo · $54,360/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
Northern New Jersey$5,097
Long Island$5,064
Martha's Vineyard$5,031
Florida Keys$4,884
Monterey$4,842
Hanscom AFB$4,773
Kauai County$4,668
Camp Pendleton$4,662
Staten Island$4,560
Essex CO$4,545
Los Angeles$4,530
San Diego$4,521
Portsmouth$4,476
Miami$4,446
Honolulu County$4,434
Cape Cod-Plymouth$4,425
West Point$4,383
Oakland$4,365
Trenton$4,365
Fort Monmouth$4,335
Portland$4,272
Anniston$1,689
Los Angeles is #18 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 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 Westchester County at W-3
is worth $2,124 a month — about 11 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.