PCS comparePhiladelphia · W-2 · with dep. · $3,006/mo
Philadelphia$3,006/mo · $36,072/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-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
Westchester County$6,036
JB Elmendorf-Richardson$3,123
Ketchikan$3,102
Tampa$3,072
Ballston Spa$3,057
Baltimore$3,036
Fort Myers Beach$3,027
JB Lewis-McChord$3,024
Kodiak Island$3,021
Outer Banks$3,018
Astoria$3,015
Philadelphia$3,006
Sacramento$3,006
Orlando$2,988
Eglin AFB$2,985
Port Angeles$2,976
County Cost Group 860$2,964
Fort Pierce$2,958
Milwaukee$2,955
Traverse City$2,943
Whidbey Island$2,934
Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,916
Youngstown$1,560
Philadelphia is #88 of 338. The spread between the
dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,476 a month —
$53,712 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at Philadelphia0 – $3,816 / month
E-1$2,448
E-2$2,448
E-3$2,448
E-4$2,448
E-5$2,691
E-6$2,979
E-7$3,000
E-8$3,009
E-9$3,111
W-1$2,997
W-2$3,006
W-3$3,018
W-4$3,156
W-5$3,366
O-1E$3,003
O-2E$3,012
O-3E$3,189
O-1$2,733
O-2$2,976
O-3$3,015
O-4$3,435
O-5$3,759
O-6$3,789
O-7$3,816
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Philadelphia to Westchester County at W-2
is worth $3,030 a month — about 253 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.