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-2E without dependents at Lemoore NAS draws $2,196 per month in 2026

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    Lemoore NAS, CA
    O-2E · without dependents
    $2,196/ month
    $26,352 / year
    At O-2E, this is #168 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,268 · low Youngstown $1,305
    MHA CA023 · ZIPs 93201 93202 93204 93207 93208 93212 +43 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,815 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,439 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-2E · $2,196/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,592/mo · $31,104/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$396+$4,752/yr · like +$6,092 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,268 / month
    San Francisco$5,268
    Carlisle Barracks$2,205
    County Cost Group 810$2,202
    Eastern Shore$2,202
    Jacksonville$2,202
    Lemoore NAS$2,196
    Syracuse$2,193
    Barstow$2,187
    Raleigh$2,187
    Cleveland$2,181
    Youngstown$1,305

    Lemoore NAS is #168 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,963 a month — $47,556 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-3E here adds $69 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 San Francisco at O-2E is worth $3,072 a month — about 45 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $69 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 11% 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. $2,196 a month of BAH takes more than $2,196 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.