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
    With $1,524Without $1,344

    E-4 at China Lake draws $1,524 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,344 without

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    China Lake, CA
    E-4 · with dependents
    $1,524/ month
    $18,288 / year
    At E-4, this is #256 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA CA021 · ZIPs 92347 93527 93528 93554 93555 93562
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,954 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,344 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    China Lake — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,524$1,344
    E-2$1,524$1,344
    E-3$1,524$1,344
    E-4$1,524$1,344
    E-5$1,563$1,428
    E-6$1,767$1,485
    E-7$1,905$1,530
    E-8$2,058$1,611
    E-9$2,238$1,680
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,785$1,527
    W-2$1,968$1,608
    W-3$2,157$1,683
    W-4$2,268$1,794
    W-5$2,403$1,941
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,932$1,560
    O-2E$2,130$1,650
    O-3E$2,289$1,755
    Officer
    O-1$1,596$1,482
    O-2$1,764$1,554
    O-3$2,154$1,689
    O-4$2,445$1,911
    O-5$2,658$1,995
    O-6$2,676$2,136
    O-7$2,694$2,172
    PCS compareChina Lake · E-4 · $1,524/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$744+$8,928/yr · like +$11,446 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    Akron$1,536
    Scott AFB$1,536
    Wright-Patterson AFB$1,533
    St Mary And Terrebonne$1,527
    China Lake$1,524
    County Cost Group 750$1,521
    Fargo$1,521
    Grand Forks$1,518
    Gulfport$1,509
    Youngstown$1,134

    China Lake is #256 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month — $47,196 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at China Lake0 – $2,694 / month
    E-1$1,524
    E-2$1,524
    E-3$1,524
    E-4$1,524
    E-5$1,563
    E-6$1,767
    E-7$1,905
    E-8$2,058
    E-9$2,238
    W-1$1,785
    W-2$1,968
    W-3$2,157
    W-4$2,268
    W-5$2,403
    O-1E$1,932
    O-2E$2,130
    O-3E$2,289
    O-1$1,596
    O-2$1,764
    O-3$2,154
    O-4$2,445
    O-5$2,658
    O-6$2,676
    O-7$2,694

    Promoting to E-5 here adds $39 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from China Lake to New York City at E-4 is worth $3,543 a month — about 91 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $39 per grade here.

    02

    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. $1,524 a month of BAH takes more than $1,524 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.