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-6 without dependents at Los Angeles draws $3,291 per month in 2026

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    Los Angeles, CA
    E-6 · without dependents
    $3,291/ month
    $39,492 / year
    At E-6, this is #19 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,070 · low Youngstown $1,077
    MHA CA037 · ZIPs 90001 90002 90003 90004 90005 90006 +626 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSSGUSMCSSgtNAVYPO1USAFTSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,219 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$4,188 with 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-6 · $3,291/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,076/mo · $24,912/yr
    ▼ CUT−$1,215−$14,580/yr · like −$18,692 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-6 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,070 / month
    New York City$5,070
    San Diego$3,387
    Staten Island$3,378
    Camp Pendleton$3,324
    Hawaii County$3,312
    Los Angeles$3,291
    Perth Amboy$3,285
    Miami$3,273
    Ventura$3,228
    Oakland$3,213
    Youngstown$1,077

    Los Angeles is #19 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 Los Angeles0 – $4,590 / month
    E-1$2,679
    E-2$2,679
    E-3$2,679
    E-4$2,679
    E-5$3,048
    E-6$3,291
    E-7$3,582
    E-8$3,948
    E-9$4,032
    W-1$3,468
    W-2$3,945
    W-3$4,044
    W-4$4,212
    W-5$4,341
    O-1E$3,879
    O-2E$4,014
    O-3E$4,179
    O-1$3,255
    O-2$3,780
    O-3$4,074
    O-4$4,314
    O-5$4,386
    O-6$4,509
    O-7$4,590

    Promoting to E-7 here adds $291 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 New York City at E-6 is worth $1,779 a month — about 6 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $291 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. $3,291 a month of BAH takes more than $3,291 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.