PCS compareNew Orleans · E-6 · with dep. · $2,373/mo
New Orleans$2,373/mo · $28,476/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-6 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,454 / month
San Francisco$5,454
Chattanooga$2,397
Salem$2,397
College Station$2,391
Durham$2,391
Ocala$2,391
County Cost Group 810$2,388
Syracuse$2,385
Yakima$2,382
Carlisle Barracks$2,376
Omaha$2,376
New Orleans$2,373
Battle Creek$2,370
Myrtle Beach$2,361
Salt Lake City$2,358
Gainesville$2,355
Fargo$2,337
Duluth$2,334
Albuquerque$2,328
Humboldt County$2,322
Memphis$2,319
Raleigh$2,319
Youngstown$1,335
New Orleans is #170 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,119 a month —
$49,428 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-6
is worth $3,081 a month — about 47 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.