What is O-2 BAH at Edwards AFB in 2026?

$3,153 per month with dependents ($37,836 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. without dependents it is $2,601 per month.

Does BAH count as taxable income?

No. BAH is excluded from federal taxable income, so a given BAH amount is worth more than the same figure in basic pay.

What happens if my BAH rate drops this year?

BAH rate protection holds you at the prior year's amount as long as your duty location, pay grade and dependency status stay the same. The lower rate applies to members arriving on new orders.

O-2 BAH at Edwards AFB 2026 — $3,153/mo with dependents

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

Edwards AFB/Palmdale, CA

O-2 · with dependents

$3,153/ month

$37,836 / year

At O-2, this is #65 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,451 · low Youngstown $1,332

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,042 / mo gross

Other dependency status here$2,601 without dependents

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Edwards AFB — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$2,475	$1,887
E-2	$2,475	$1,887
E-3	$2,475	$1,887
E-4	$2,475	$1,887
E-5	$2,658	$2,148
E-6	$3,156	$2,367
E-7	$3,195	$2,481
E-8	$3,237	$2,763
E-9	$3,354	$2,910
Warrant officer
W-1	$3,177	$2,424
W-2	$3,213	$2,760
W-3	$3,267	$2,928
W-4	$3,390	$3,162
W-5	$3,546	$3,204
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$3,198	$2,655
O-2E	$3,255	$2,877
O-3E	$3,414	$3,150
Officer
O-1	$2,724	$2,289
O-2	$3,153	$2,601
O-3	$3,264	$2,976
O-4	$3,597	$3,189
O-5	$3,840	$3,207
O-6	$3,870	$3,240
O-7	$3,900	$3,297

What this rate means

O-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,451 / month

San Francisco$5,451

Annapolis$3,225

Sitka$3,225

County Cost Group 880$3,201

Quantico$3,171

Edwards AFB$3,153

Beale AFB$3,129

Ann Arbor$3,075

Cape May$3,069

New London$3,069

Youngstown$1,332

Edwards AFB is #65 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,119 a month — $49,428 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Edwards AFB0 – $3,900 / month

E-1$2,475

E-2$2,475

E-3$2,475

E-4$2,475

E-5$2,658

E-6$3,156

E-7$3,195

E-8$3,237

E-9$3,354

W-1$3,177

W-2$3,213

W-3$3,267

W-4$3,390

W-5$3,546

O-1E$3,198

O-2E$3,255

O-3E$3,414

O-1$2,724

O-2$3,153

O-3$3,264

O-4$3,597

O-5$3,840

O-6$3,870

O-7$3,900

Promoting to O-3 here adds $111 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Edwards AFB to San Francisco at O-2 is worth $2,298 a month — about 21 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $111 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 21% 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.

None of it is taxed. $3,153 a month of BAH takes more than $3,153 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

Things the rate table doesn't tell you

“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.

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.

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.

O-2 with dependents at Edwards AFB draws $3,153 per month in 2026

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you