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
    WithWithout

    O-1 without dependents at Lemoore NAS draws $1,743 per month in 2026

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    Lemoore NAS, CA
    O-1 · without dependents
    $1,743/ month
    $20,916 / year
    At O-1, this is #174 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,074
    MHA CA023 · ZIPs 93201 93202 93204 93207 93208 93212 +43 more
    Your grade is calledARMY2LTUSMC2ndLtNAVYENSUSAF2d Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,235 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,166 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Lemoore NAS — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,944$1,581
    E-2$1,944$1,581
    E-3$1,944$1,581
    E-4$1,944$1,581
    E-5$2,139$1,680
    E-6$2,277$1,764
    E-7$2,337$1,950
    E-8$2,406$2,175
    E-9$2,514$2,202
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,292$1,884
    W-2$2,364$2,172
    W-3$2,454$2,211
    W-4$2,535$2,283
    W-5$2,643$2,352
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,346$2,136
    O-2E$2,439$2,196
    O-3E$2,553$2,265
    Officer
    O-1$2,166$1,743
    O-2$2,274$2,079
    O-3$2,451$2,220
    O-4$2,673$2,334
    O-5$2,835$2,367
    O-6$2,856$2,430
    O-7$2,874$2,469
    PCS compareLemoore NAS · O-1 · $1,743/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,055/mo · $24,660/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$312+$3,744/yr · like +$4,800 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    Salt Lake City$1,752
    Houston$1,749
    Rome$1,749
    Columbia$1,743
    Lemoore NAS$1,743
    Ogden$1,740
    Salem$1,740
    Eastern Panhandle$1,737
    Chattanooga$1,734
    Youngstown$1,074

    Lemoore NAS is #174 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,993 a month — $47,916 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Lemoore NAS0 – $2,469 / month
    E-1$1,581
    E-2$1,581
    E-3$1,581
    E-4$1,581
    E-5$1,680
    E-6$1,764
    E-7$1,950
    E-8$2,175
    E-9$2,202
    W-1$1,884
    W-2$2,172
    W-3$2,211
    W-4$2,283
    W-5$2,352
    O-1E$2,136
    O-2E$2,196
    O-3E$2,265
    O-1$1,743
    O-2$2,079
    O-3$2,220
    O-4$2,334
    O-5$2,367
    O-6$2,430
    O-7$2,469

    Promoting to O-2 here adds $336 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 Lemoore NAS to New York City at O-1 is worth $3,324 a month — about 10 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $336 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 24% 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. $1,743 a month of BAH takes more than $1,743 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.