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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    Dependents
    With $3,900Without $3,297

    O-7 at Edwards AFB draws $3,900 per month with dependents in 2026, $3,297 without

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    Edwards AFB/Palmdale, CA
    O-7 · with dependents
    $3,900/ month
    $46,800 / year
    At O-7, this is #74 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $8,208 · low Youngstown $1,845
    MHA CA457 · ZIPs 93243 93501 93505 93510 93516 93519 +20 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$5,000 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$3,297 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
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    PCS compareEdwards AFB · O-7 · $3,900/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,687/mo · $44,244/yr
    ▼ CUT$213−$2,556/yr · like −$3,277 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $8,208 / month
    Westchester County$8,208
    Vallejo$3,987
    New London$3,966
    Brunswick$3,957
    County Cost Group 870$3,945
    Edwards AFB$3,900
    Kodiak Island$3,891
    Milwaukee$3,888
    Fort Detrick$3,864
    San Bernardino$3,855
    Youngstown$1,845

    Edwards AFB is #74 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 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

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

    01

    Dependency status is worth 18% 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. $3,900 a month of BAH takes more than $3,900 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.