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Edwards AFB BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA CA457

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W-2 · With dependents
$3,213per month

$38,556 per year · federal tax-free allowance

Official DoD / DTMO rate · CONUS BAH, not an estimate

National position #66 of 338W-2 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$4,119/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$114/mo · +3.7%2025 $3,099 → 2026 $3,213
W-2 rate selectedMHA CA457 ZIPs 93243 93501 93505 93510 93516 93519 +20
PCS compare Edwards AFB · W-2 · with dep. · $3,213/mo
Edwards AFB $3,213/mo · $38,556/yr
CURRENT

Pick a station below to see what the move is worth a year, before tax. Orders rarely arrive as one option — add several and rank them.

Comparison uses with-dependents rates. Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

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Rate history

How updates work
2025$3,099
2026$3,213

Verified official history. With-dependents rate shown; use the dependency switch above for its exact comparison.

Edwards AFB — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
Westchester County $6,036
Atlantic City $3,465
Willow Grove $3,429
Everett $3,414
San Bernardino $3,405
County Cost Group 880 $3,354
Fort G. G. Meade $3,345
Annapolis $3,336
Sitka $3,336
Quantico $3,252
Ann Arbor $3,225
Edwards AFB $3,213
New London $3,195
Brunswick $3,192
Madison $3,171
Fort Detrick $3,162
Beale AFB $3,156
Hampden County $3,153
Austin $3,141
County Cost Group 870 $3,141
Denver $3,135
Cape May $3,132
Youngstown $1,560

Edwards AFB is #66 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,476 a month — $53,712 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

The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Moving from Edwards AFB to Westchester County at W-2 is worth $2,823 a month — about 52 promotions at this grade. Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.

What the rate table does not 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.

Source: DoD Defense Travel Management Office, effective 01 JAN 2026. How these rates are sourced and checked.

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Where these numbers come from

Official fields remain unchanged. Years are aligned by DTMO's MHA code; no missing value is interpolated.

2026 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2026-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-05
Last verified
2026-09-07
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2025 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2025-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Last verified
2026-09-07
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