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

    E-5 with dependents at Los Angeles draws $3,882 per month in 2026

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    Los Angeles, CA
    E-5 · with dependents
    $3,882/ month
    $46,584 / year
    At E-5, this is #16 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
    MHA CA037 · ZIPs 90001 90002 90003 90004 90005 90006 +626 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,977 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,048 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Los Angeles — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$3,570$2,679
    E-2$3,570$2,679
    E-3$3,570$2,679
    E-4$3,570$2,679
    E-5$3,882$3,048
    E-6$4,188$3,291
    E-7$4,311$3,582
    E-8$4,443$3,948
    E-9$4,674$4,032
    Warrant officer
    W-1$4,209$3,468
    W-2$4,365$3,945
    W-3$4,530$4,044
    W-4$4,728$4,212
    W-5$4,971$4,341
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$4,332$3,879
    O-2E$4,503$4,014
    O-3E$4,767$4,179
    Officer
    O-1$3,927$3,255
    O-2$4,185$3,780
    O-3$4,524$4,074
    O-4$5,052$4,314
    O-5$5,436$4,386
    O-6$5,481$4,509
    O-7$5,526$4,590
    PCS compareLos Angeles · E-5 · $3,882/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,478/mo · $29,736/yr
    ▼ CUT−$1,404−$16,848/yr · like −$21,600 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
    San Francisco$5,127
    San Diego$3,975
    Florida Keys$3,969
    Camp Pendleton$3,963
    Cape Cod-Plymouth$3,924
    Los Angeles$3,882
    Kauai County$3,798
    Oakland$3,759
    Staten Island$3,735
    Honolulu County$3,663
    Anniston$1,185

    Los Angeles is #16 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,942 a month — $47,304 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Los Angeles0 – $5,526 / month
    E-1$3,570
    E-2$3,570
    E-3$3,570
    E-4$3,570
    E-5$3,882
    E-6$4,188
    E-7$4,311
    E-8$4,443
    E-9$4,674
    W-1$4,209
    W-2$4,365
    W-3$4,530
    W-4$4,728
    W-5$4,971
    O-1E$4,332
    O-2E$4,503
    O-3E$4,767
    O-1$3,927
    O-2$4,185
    O-3$4,524
    O-4$5,052
    O-5$5,436
    O-6$5,481
    O-7$5,526

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $306 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 Los Angeles to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $1,245 a month — about 4 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $306 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 27% 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. $3,882 a month of BAH takes more than $3,882 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.