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
    Dependents
    With $3,063Without $2,556

    W-5 at Humboldt County draws $3,063 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,556 without

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    Humboldt County, CA
    W-5 · with dependents
    $3,063/ month
    $36,756 / year
    At W-5, this is #122 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $7,338 · low Youngstown $1,806
    MHA CA042 · ZIPs 95501 95502 95503 95511 95514 95518 +32 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW5USMCCWO5NAVYCWO5
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,927 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,556 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Humboldt County — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareHumboldt County · W-5 · $3,063/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,348/mo · $40,176/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$285+$3,420/yr · like +$4,385 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,338 / month
    Westchester County$7,338
    College Station$3,090
    Patrick SFB$3,081
    Dover AFB$3,075
    Reno$3,075
    Humboldt County$3,063
    Rome$3,060
    Twenty Nine Palms MCB$3,051
    Buffalo$3,045
    Eugene$3,042
    Youngstown$1,806

    Humboldt County is #122 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,532 a month — $66,384 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Humboldt County0 – $3,336 / month
    E-1$1,764
    E-2$1,764
    E-3$1,764
    E-4$1,764
    E-5$1,827
    E-6$2,322
    E-7$2,511
    E-8$2,715
    E-9$2,916
    W-1$2,343
    W-2$2,595
    W-3$2,844
    W-4$2,943
    W-5$3,063
    O-1E$2,547
    O-2E$2,808
    O-3E$2,961
    O-1$1,893
    O-2$2,316
    O-3$2,838
    O-4$3,099
    O-5$3,288
    O-6$3,312
    O-7$3,336

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

    01

    Dependency status is worth 20% 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. $3,063 a month of BAH takes more than $3,063 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.