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Los Angeles BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA CA037

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O-3E · With dependents
$4,767per month

$57,204 per year · federal tax-free allowance

Official DoD / DTMO rate · CONUS BAH, not an estimate

National position #20 of 338O-3E · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$6,112/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$231/mo · +5.1%2025 $4,536 → 2026 $4,767
O-3E rate selectedMHA CA037 ZIPs 90001 90002 90003 90004 90005 90006 +626
PCS compare Los Angeles · O-3E · with dep. · $4,767/mo
Los Angeles $4,767/mo · $57,204/yr
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Comparison uses with-dependents rates. Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

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Rate history

How updates work
2025$4,536
2026$4,767

Verified official history. With-dependents rate shown; use the dependency switch above for its exact comparison.

Los Angeles — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

O-3E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,023 / month
Westchester County $7,023
Florida Keys $5,232
Martha's Vineyard $5,193
Hanscom AFB $5,115
Monterey $5,031
Kauai County $4,986
Essex CO $4,887
Camp Pendleton $4,854
Miami $4,791
Staten Island $4,776
San Diego $4,770
Los Angeles $4,767
Portsmouth $4,704
Cape Cod-Plymouth $4,626
Trenton $4,620
West Point $4,608
Honolulu County $4,572
Oakland $4,566
San Luis Obispo $4,536
Portland $4,524
Fort Monmouth $4,503
Perth Amboy $4,422
Youngstown $1,788

Los Angeles is #20 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,235 a month — $62,820 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

The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

What the rate table does not 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.

Source: DoD Defense Travel Management Office, effective 01 JAN 2026. How these rates are sourced and checked.

Source record

Where these numbers come from

Official fields remain unchanged. Years are aligned by DTMO's MHA code; no missing value is interpolated.

2026 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2026-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-05
Last verified
2026-09-07
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2025 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2025-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Last verified
2026-09-07
SHA-256
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