What is E-6 BAH at Sacramento in 2026?

$2,979 per month with dependents ($35,748 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. Without dependents it is $2,325 per month.

Does BAH count as taxable income?

No. BAH is excluded from federal taxable income, so a given BAH amount is worth more than the same figure in basic pay.

What happens if my BAH rate drops this year?

BAH rate protection holds you at the prior year's amount as long as your duty location, pay grade and dependency status stay the same. The lower rate applies to members arriving on new orders.

E-6 BAH at Sacramento 2026 — $2,979 with dependents, $2,325 without

Basic Allowance for Housing by duty station, pay grade and dependency status. Official DoD rates, no login, no email.

Sacramento, CA

E-6 · with dependents

$2,979/ month

$35,748 / year

At E-6, this is #75 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,454 · low Youngstown $1,335

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,819 / mo gross

Without dependents here$2,325 / mo

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Sacramento — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$2,598	$2,016
E-2	$2,598	$2,016
E-3	$2,598	$2,016
E-4	$2,598	$2,016
E-5	$2,904	$2,190
E-6	$2,979	$2,325
E-7	$2,997	$2,610
E-8	$3,021	$2,925
E-9	$3,114	$2,934
Warrant officer
W-1	$2,994	$2,499
W-2	$3,006	$2,922
W-3	$3,042	$2,940
W-4	$3,144	$2,973
W-5	$3,276	$3,000
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$3,000	$2,901
O-2E	$3,033	$2,931
O-3E	$3,165	$2,964
Officer
O-1	$2,922	$2,292
O-2	$2,976	$2,805
O-3	$3,039	$2,943
O-4	$3,318	$2,988
O-5	$3,525	$3,003
O-6	$3,552	$3,015
O-7	$3,576	$3,069

What this rate means

E-6 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,454 / month

San Francisco$5,454

Fort Detrick$3,063

Tampa$3,042

County Cost Group 870$2,997

Philadelphia$2,979

Sacramento$2,979

Orlando$2,961

Outer Banks$2,946

Stockton$2,934

Fort Myers Beach$2,919

Youngstown$1,335

Sacramento is #75 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,119 a month — $49,428 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Sacramento0 – $3,576 / month

E-1$2,598

E-2$2,598

E-3$2,598

E-4$2,598

E-5$2,904

E-6$2,979

E-7$2,997

E-8$3,021

E-9$3,114

W-1$2,994

W-2$3,006

W-3$3,042

W-4$3,144

W-5$3,276

O-1E$3,000

O-2E$3,033

O-3E$3,165

O-1$2,922

O-2$2,976

O-3$3,039

O-4$3,318

O-5$3,525

O-6$3,552

O-7$3,576

Promoting to E-7 here adds $18 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Sacramento to San Francisco at E-6 is worth $2,475 a month — about 138 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $18 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 28% 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.

None of it is taxed. $2,979 a month of BAH takes more than $2,979 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

Things the rate table doesn't tell you

“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.

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.

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.

E-6 at Sacramento draws $2,979 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,325 without

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you