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-5 without dependents at San Bernardino draws $2,466 per month in 2026

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    San Bernardino, CA
    E-5 · without dependents
    $2,466/ month
    $29,592 / year
    At E-5, this is #51 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,980 · low Fort Chaffee $996
    MHA CA031 · ZIPs 91701 91729 91730 91737 91739 91743 +72 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,162 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,288 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    San Bernardino — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,958$2,220
    E-2$2,958$2,220
    E-3$2,958$2,220
    E-4$2,958$2,220
    E-5$3,288$2,466
    E-6$3,381$2,667
    E-7$3,399$2,973
    E-8$3,408$3,312
    E-9$3,465$3,327
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,396$2,850
    W-2$3,405$3,309
    W-3$3,417$3,333
    W-4$3,489$3,372
    W-5$3,597$3,387
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,402$3,285
    O-2E$3,411$3,324
    O-3E$3,504$3,369
    Officer
    O-1$3,306$2,628
    O-2$3,378$3,180
    O-3$3,414$3,339
    O-4$3,630$3,375
    O-5$3,798$3,390
    O-6$3,828$3,393
    O-7$3,855$3,438
    PCS compareSan Bernardino · E-5 · $2,466/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,986/mo · $23,832/yr
    ▼ CUT−$480−$5,760/yr · like −$7,385 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,980 / month
    New York City$4,980
    Warrenton$2,523
    Worcester$2,523
    Juneau$2,517
    Annapolis$2,475
    San Bernardino$2,466
    Fort G. G. Meade$2,436
    Burlington$2,427
    JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst$2,421
    Sitka$2,409
    Fort Chaffee$996

    San Bernardino is #51 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,984 a month — $47,808 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at San Bernardino0 – $3,438 / month
    E-1$2,220
    E-2$2,220
    E-3$2,220
    E-4$2,220
    E-5$2,466
    E-6$2,667
    E-7$2,973
    E-8$3,312
    E-9$3,327
    W-1$2,850
    W-2$3,309
    W-3$3,333
    W-4$3,372
    W-5$3,387
    O-1E$3,285
    O-2E$3,324
    O-3E$3,369
    O-1$2,628
    O-2$3,180
    O-3$3,339
    O-4$3,375
    O-5$3,390
    O-6$3,393
    O-7$3,438

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $201 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 San Bernardino to New York City at E-5 is worth $2,514 a month — about 13 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $201 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $2,466 a month of BAH takes more than $2,466 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.