Rates effective
01 JAN 2026 · CONUS

Basic Allowance for Housing by duty station, pay grade and dependency status. Official DoD rates, no login, no email.

Duty station or MHA
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    Or type your rank
    Dependents
    With $3,189Without $2,778

    O-7 at Barstow draws $3,189 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,778 without

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    Barstow/Fort Irwin, CA
    O-7 · with dependents
    $3,189/ month
    $38,268 / year
    At O-7, this is #154 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $8,208 · low Youngstown $1,845
    MHA CA028 · ZIPs 92307 92310 92311 92312 92327 92342 +5 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,088 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,778 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Barstow — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareBarstow · O-7 · $3,189/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,687/mo · $44,244/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$498+$5,976/yr · like +$7,662 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $8,208 / month
    Westchester County$8,208
    Dallas$3,237
    Coastal Maine$3,228
    State College$3,228
    Fort Collins$3,210
    Barstow$3,189
    County Cost Group 810$3,174
    Fort Stewart$3,174
    Coos Bay$3,162
    Hampton$3,144
    Youngstown$1,845

    Barstow is #154 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $6,363 a month — $76,356 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Barstow0 – $3,189 / month
    E-1$1,890
    E-2$1,890
    E-3$1,890
    E-4$1,890
    E-5$2,001
    E-6$2,430
    E-7$2,547
    E-8$2,673
    E-9$2,814
    W-1$2,451
    W-2$2,598
    W-3$2,751
    W-4$2,838
    W-5$2,946
    O-1E$2,568
    O-2E$2,730
    O-3E$2,856
    O-1$2,058
    O-2$2,427
    O-3$2,748
    O-4$2,976
    O-5$3,144
    O-6$3,168
    O-7$3,189

    Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 15% here. That is a status your finance office determines, not a box you tick — and it is the single largest lever on this page that is not a change of address.

    03

    None of it is taxed. $3,189 a month of BAH takes more than $3,189 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

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    Things the rate table doesn't 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.