PCS compareSan Diego · W-3 · with dep. · $4,521/mo
San Diego$4,521/mo · $54,252/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
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
Manchester$4,245
Anniston$1,689
San Diego is #19 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 San Diego0 – $5,586 / month
E-1$3,666
E-2$3,666
E-3$3,666
E-4$3,666
E-5$3,975
E-6$4,404
E-7$4,446
E-8$4,488
E-9$4,671
W-1$4,425
W-2$4,464
W-3$4,521
W-4$4,731
W-5$4,992
O-1E$4,449
O-2E$4,506
O-3E$4,770
O-1$4,032
O-2$4,401
O-3$4,518
O-4$5,082
O-5$5,493
O-6$5,541
O-7$5,586
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from San Diego to Westchester County at W-3
is worth $2,133 a month — about 10 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.