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-1 with dependents at San Bernardino draws $3,306 per month in 2026

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    San Bernardino, CA
    O-1 · with dependents
    $3,306/ month
    $39,672 / year
    At O-1, this is #38 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,172 · low Youngstown $1,218
    MHA CA031 · ZIPs 91701 91729 91730 91737 91739 91743 +72 more
    Your grade is calledARMY2LTUSMC2ndLtNAVYENSUSAF2d Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,238 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,628 without 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 · O-1 · $3,306/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,517/mo · $30,204/yr
    ▼ CUT−$789−$9,468/yr · like −$12,138 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,172 / month
    San Francisco$5,172
    Vandenberg SFB$3,378
    Portsmouth$3,372
    Marin$3,369
    Juneau$3,366
    San Bernardino$3,306
    Portland$3,297
    San Luis Obispo$3,291
    Indian Head Navordsta$3,273
    Providence$3,234
    Youngstown$1,218

    San Bernardino is #38 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month — $47,448 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at San Bernardino0 – $3,855 / month
    E-1$2,958
    E-2$2,958
    E-3$2,958
    E-4$2,958
    E-5$3,288
    E-6$3,381
    E-7$3,399
    E-8$3,408
    E-9$3,465
    W-1$3,396
    W-2$3,405
    W-3$3,417
    W-4$3,489
    W-5$3,597
    O-1E$3,402
    O-2E$3,411
    O-3E$3,504
    O-1$3,306
    O-2$3,378
    O-3$3,414
    O-4$3,630
    O-5$3,798
    O-6$3,828
    O-7$3,855

    Promoting to O-2 here adds $72 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 San Francisco at O-1 is worth $1,866 a month — about 26 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $72 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 26% 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. $3,306 a month of BAH takes more than $3,306 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.