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-5 without dependents at Marin draws $4,011 per month in 2026

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    Marin/Sonoma, CA
    O-5 · without dependents
    $4,011/ month
    $48,132 / year
    At O-5, this is #33 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,162 · low Youngstown $1,593
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$5,142 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$4,863 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Marin — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$3,252$2,529
    E-2$3,252$2,529
    E-3$3,252$2,529
    E-4$3,252$2,529
    E-5$3,303$2,967
    E-6$3,819$3,201
    E-7$3,939$3,252
    E-8$4,065$3,411
    E-9$4,263$3,561
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,840$3,249
    W-2$3,990$3,408
    W-3$4,149$3,579
    W-4$4,305$3,843
    W-5$4,497$3,966
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,960$3,300
    O-2E$4,125$3,528
    O-3E$4,335$3,813
    Officer
    O-1$3,369$3,198
    O-2$3,813$3,291
    O-3$4,146$3,630
    O-4$4,563$3,939
    O-5$4,863$4,011
    O-6$4,905$4,128
    O-7$4,944$4,203
    PCS compareMarin · O-5 · $4,011/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,934/mo · $35,208/yr
    ▼ CUT−$1,077−$12,924/yr · like −$16,569 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,162 / month
    Westchester County$6,162
    Ventura$4,122
    San Luis Obispo$4,101
    Seattle$4,086
    Burlington$4,020
    Marin$4,011
    Portland$3,996
    Manchester$3,960
    Washington$3,909
    Hawaii County$3,885
    Youngstown$1,593

    Marin is #33 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,569 a month — $54,828 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Marin0 – $4,203 / month
    E-1$2,529
    E-2$2,529
    E-3$2,529
    E-4$2,529
    E-5$2,967
    E-6$3,201
    E-7$3,252
    E-8$3,411
    E-9$3,561
    W-1$3,249
    W-2$3,408
    W-3$3,579
    W-4$3,843
    W-5$3,966
    O-1E$3,300
    O-2E$3,528
    O-3E$3,813
    O-1$3,198
    O-2$3,291
    O-3$3,630
    O-4$3,939
    O-5$4,011
    O-6$4,128
    O-7$4,203

    Promoting to O-6 here adds $117 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 Marin to Westchester County at O-5 is worth $2,151 a month — about 18 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $117 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 21% 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. $4,011 a month of BAH takes more than $4,011 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.