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PCS money calculator for 2026

Dislocation allowance, mileage and travel days for a PCS move — the DLA for your grade, mileage at the rate in force on the day you start driving, and the travel days you’re allowed.

The calculator

Moving as an , , driving miles.

Use the official distance from DoD’s distance tool (DTOD); your orders or move counselor have it.

Picks the mileage rate. Today unless you change it.

Cars driven (authorized POVs)
Dislocation allowance

DLA + mileage for the move

Example

$4,206.02

8 authorized travel days · mileage at $0.235 a milePer diem isn’t included — the daily travel allowance for those days comes from your finance office’s rates.

Rates as of  · verified  · Change log · Report an error
Independent estimate · not an official statement · general information, not financial or tax advice

The move’s money, drawn to scale
Dislocation allowance (DLA)$3,548.02Mileage (MALT) · 2,800 mi$658.00
The mileage rate changed on July 1, 2026

Your date, October 13, 2026, uses the second-half rate: $658.00 for 2,800 miles.

Estimate by Rank and Pay · rates as of July 1, 2026 · not an official statement · rankandpay.com

Line by line

DLA (primary)E‑5 with dependents
$3,548.02
Mileage (MALT)2,800 mi × $0.235 a mile (rate from July 1, 2026)
$658.00
Total
$4,206.02
Authorized travel days1 day up to 400 miles; over 400 miles, the distance divided by 350, plus 1 day if the remainder is 51 miles or more (JTR par. 050205.A.2).
8 days
  • Only one DLA payment is permitted in a fiscal year, unless the situation qualifies as an exception specified in the JTR, par. 050501. Eligibility is yours to confirm with your finance office.
  • The MALT rate covers all the authorized travelers traveling in the vehicle.
  • The paying agency may round differently by a cent.

How the math works

Two payments and one count. DLA comes from DoD’s table; mileage is miles × the rate for your travel date; travel days follow the Joint Travel Regulations.

  1. Dislocation allowance (DLA)One amount by grade, with or without dependents — E-5: $2,389.42 without, $3,548.02 with. Partial DLA is $1,002.71 for every grade.Only one DLA payment is allowed per fiscal year, unless a JTR exception (par. 050501) applies — that’s for you and your finance office to confirm.Dislocation Allowance (DLA) rates, primary, effective January 1, 2026 (page dated ) · Partial DLA rates 2002–present (page dated ) · Dislocation Allowance
  2. Mileage (MALT) by the date travel starts$0.205 a mile for travel starting January 1, 2026 to June 30, 2026, $0.235 from July 1, 2026. 2,800 miles from July 1, 2026: 2,800 × $0.235 = $658.00.One amount per authorized car; the rate covers everyone traveling in it. Rounded once to the cent.Mileage rates (PCS MALT)
  3. Authorized travel daysOne day for the first 400 miles. Over 400 miles, the whole distance ÷ 350, plus one day if 51 or more miles are left over: 2,800 miles → 8 days; 401 miles → 2.Per diem for those days isn’t modeled.Joint Travel Regulations (version dated 10/01/2026) (page dated )
  4. A move you make yourself (PPM)The government pays 100% of its own constructed “best value” cost of moving your things. That figure comes from your move counselor’s system, so it isn’t computed here.Joint Travel Regulations (version dated 10/01/2026) (page dated )

Not modeled here

  • Secondary DLA: Not modeled — The 2026 PDF heads the secondary DLA table “Effective January 1, 2025”, so we can’t confirm those values are the 2026 rates.

  • Per diem for travel days: Not modeled — the daily rates depend on your route and dates (checked October 13, 2026).

  • Temporary lodging (TLE, TLA): Not modeled — it depends on your orders, location and receipts.

  • Household goods weight allowances and other ways family members travel: Not modeled — they follow rules this calculator doesn’t ask about.

  • PPM payment and its tax treatment: Not modeled — the government’s constructed cost comes from your move counselor’s system, and whether part of a PPM is taxable isn’t confirmed in our research (checked October 13, 2026).

After the move

How we check the numbers

  1. From the agency’s own tables. Pay from DFAS, housing from DoD’s BAH file, VA rates from VA, fitness scores from each service’s current scoring tables — looked up the way the tables read, never interpolated.
  2. Two dates on every answer. The date a rate took effect and the date it was last checked against the agency’s page. A rule that can’t be confirmed says “Not modeled” and why, instead of a guess.
  3. Tested, then logged. The arithmetic runs on one engine with automated tests built from the agencies’ own worked examples; every rate or rule change goes into the public change log with its source.

  • Guide · PCS & school

    PCS money in 2026: DLA, mileage (MALT), travel days and PPM

    E-5 with dependents, 2,800 miles from August 1: $4,206.02

    What a 2026 PCS move pays: dislocation allowance by grade, MALT at $0.205 or $0.235 a mile from July 1, travel days by distance, and how a PPM is paid.

    Updated · 5 min read

  • Guide · Pay

    BAH 2026: how rates are set and how to look up your ZIP

    E-5 with dependents: $1,806 at Fort Bragg/Pope, NC to $3,975 in San Diego, CA

    How DoD sets 2026 BAH by ZIP, grade and dependents, why rates rose 4.2% on average, how rate protection works, and the Abilene mid-year increase.

    Updated · 6 min read

  • Guide · Pay

    BAH with or without dependents, partial BAH, BAH-DIFF and RC/T

    E-5 RC/T with dependents $1,403.70 vs $2,430 locality in Norfolk/Portsmouth

    BAH types 2026 by grade: E-5 partial BAH $8.70, BAH-DIFF $380.10, RC/T $1,052.70 or $1,403.70, with vs without dependents, and the 31-day Reserve rule.

    Updated · 5 min read

Sources

  1. Dislocation Allowance (DLA) rates, primary, effective January 1, 2026Defense Travel Management Office (PDTATAC) · read
  2. Dislocation AllowanceDefense Travel Management Office · read
  3. Partial DLA rates 2002–presentDepartment of Defense · read
  4. Mileage rates (PCS MALT)Defense Travel Management Office · read
  5. Joint Travel Regulations (version dated 10/01/2026)Defense Travel Management Office · read