BAH Rate Desk2026
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
    Try Fort Liberty, Cavazos, Moore or a ZIP — old and unofficial names resolve.
    Or type your rank
    Enlisted
    E-1E-2E-3E-4E-5E-6E-7E-8E-9
    Warrant
    W-1W-2W-3W-4W-5
    Prior enl.
    O-1EO-2EO-3E
    Officer
    O-1O-2O-3O-4O-5O-6O-7
    Dependents
    WithWithout

    E-8 without dependents at Camp Pendleton draws $4,056 per month in 2026

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    Camp Pendleton, CA
    E-8 · without dependents
    $4,056/ month
    $48,672 / year
    At E-8, this is #2 of 17 stations loaded · high San Diego $4,065 · low Fort Riley $1,434
    MHA CA024 · ZIPs 92055 92054 92058
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$5,200 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$4,596 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Camp Pendleton — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$3,627$2,739
    E-2$3,627$2,739
    E-3$3,627$2,739
    E-4$3,627$2,739
    E-5$3,963$3,093
    E-6$4,398$3,324
    E-7$4,494$3,642
    E-8$4,596$4,056
    E-9$4,779$4,182
    Warrant officer
    W-1$4,419$3,513
    W-2$4,536$4,053
    W-3$4,662$4,197
    W-4$4,824$4,416
    W-5$5,019$4,518
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$4,512$3,960
    O-2E$4,644$4,152
    O-3E$4,854$4,392
    Officer
    O-1$4,023$3,285
    O-2$4,395$3,855
    O-3$4,659$4,239
    O-4$5,085$4,494
    O-5$5,391$4,548
    O-6$5,439$4,641
    O-7$5,484$4,725
    PCS compareCamp Pendleton · E-8 · $4,056/mo
    Fort Bragg$1,860/mo · $22,320/yr
    ▼ CUT−$2,196−$26,352/yr · like −$33,785 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 without dependents, every station0 – $4,065 / month
    San Diego$4,065
    Camp Pendleton$4,056
    Honolulu County$3,720
    JB Lewis-McChord$2,634
    Norfolk$2,463
    JB Elmendorf-Richardson$2,430
    Fort Carson$2,379
    Fort Stewart$2,340
    San Antonio (JBSA)$1,920
    Fort Bliss$1,881
    Fort Campbell$1,878
    Fort Bragg$1,860
    Fort Benning$1,773
    Fort Drum$1,749
    Fort Hood$1,746
    Camp Lejeune$1,662
    Fort Riley$1,434

    Camp Pendleton is #2 of 17. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $2,631 a month — $31,572 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Camp Pendleton0 – $4,725 / month
    E-1$2,739
    E-2$2,739
    E-3$2,739
    E-4$2,739
    E-5$3,093
    E-6$3,324
    E-7$3,642
    E-8$4,056
    E-9$4,182
    W-1$3,513
    W-2$4,053
    W-3$4,197
    W-4$4,416
    W-5$4,518
    O-1E$3,960
    O-2E$4,152
    O-3E$4,392
    O-1$3,285
    O-2$3,855
    O-3$4,239
    O-4$4,494
    O-5$4,548
    O-6$4,641
    O-7$4,725

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $126 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 13% 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. $4,056 a month of BAH takes more than $4,056 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.