PCS compareNew Orleans · E-5 · with dep. · $1,905/mo
New Orleans$1,905/mo · $22,860/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
Battle Creek$1,959
Fort Wayne$1,947
Boise$1,926
Greenville$1,923
Yakima$1,923
Jackson$1,920
Roanoke$1,911
Rock Island$1,908
Bloomington$1,905
Davis-Monthan AFB$1,905
New Orleans$1,905
Bangor$1,893
County Cost Group 790$1,890
Fort Gordon$1,890
Helena$1,887
Mobile$1,887
Columbia$1,878
Baton Rouge$1,875
Columbus$1,875
Indianapolis$1,875
Lexington$1,875
Anniston$1,185
New Orleans is #195 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 New Orleans0 – $3,105 / month
E-1$1,779
E-2$1,779
E-3$1,779
E-4$1,779
E-5$1,905
E-6$2,373
E-7$2,439
E-8$2,508
E-9$2,634
W-1$2,394
W-2$2,466
W-3$2,556
W-4$2,664
W-5$2,805
O-1E$2,448
O-2E$2,541
O-3E$2,688
O-1$1,968
O-2$2,370
O-3$2,553
O-4$2,847
O-5$3,060
O-6$3,084
O-7$3,105
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from New Orleans to San Francisco at E-5
is worth $3,222 a month — about 7 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.