PCS compareWilmington · E-5 · with dep. · $2,040/mo
Wilmington$2,040/mo · $24,480/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
Whidbey Island$2,073
Nellis AFB$2,070
Traverse City$2,070
County Cost Group 810$2,064
Duluth$2,064
Eastern Panhandle$2,058
Provo$2,058
Astoria$2,055
Syracuse$2,049
Gainesville$2,040
Wilmington$2,040
Toledo$2,031
Salem$2,004
Barstow$2,001
Cleveland$1,998
Louisville$1,989
Chattanooga$1,986
El Centro$1,986
Kansas City$1,986
Rapid City$1,986
Twenty Nine Palms MCB$1,980
Anniston$1,185
Wilmington is #174 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 Wilmington0 – $3,351 / month
E-1$1,932
E-2$1,932
E-3$1,932
E-4$1,932
E-5$2,040
E-6$2,502
E-7$2,547
E-8$2,595
E-9$2,736
W-1$2,523
W-2$2,568
W-3$2,631
W-4$2,775
W-5$2,958
O-1E$2,553
O-2E$2,619
O-3E$2,805
O-1$2,100
O-2$2,496
O-3$2,628
O-4$3,018
O-5$3,303
O-6$3,327
O-7$3,351
The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
Moving from Wilmington to San Francisco at E-5
is worth $3,087 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.