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-3 without dependents at Sacramento draws $2,943 per month in 2026

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    Sacramento, CA
    O-3 · without dependents
    $2,943/ month
    $35,316 / year
    At O-3, this is #68 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,331 · low Youngstown $1,344
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,773 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,039 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Sacramento — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith 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
    PCS compareSacramento · O-3 · $2,943/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,643/mo · $31,716/yr
    ▼ CUT−$300−$3,600/yr · like −$4,615 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,331 / month
    San Francisco$5,331
    Juneau$3,060
    Denver$2,979
    Edwards AFB$2,976
    Cape May$2,955
    Sacramento$2,943
    Fort Detrick$2,922
    Tampa$2,919
    New London$2,892
    Ann Arbor$2,889
    Youngstown$1,344

    Sacramento is #68 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,987 a month — $47,844 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Sacramento0 – $3,069 / month
    E-1$2,016
    E-2$2,016
    E-3$2,016
    E-4$2,016
    E-5$2,190
    E-6$2,325
    E-7$2,610
    E-8$2,925
    E-9$2,934
    W-1$2,499
    W-2$2,922
    W-3$2,940
    W-4$2,973
    W-5$3,000
    O-1E$2,901
    O-2E$2,931
    O-3E$2,964
    O-1$2,292
    O-2$2,805
    O-3$2,943
    O-4$2,988
    O-5$3,003
    O-6$3,015
    O-7$3,069

    Promoting to O-4 here adds $45 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 Sacramento to San Francisco at O-3 is worth $2,388 a month — about 53 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $45 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 3% 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. $2,943 a month of BAH takes more than $2,943 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.