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-3 without dependents at San Luis Obispo draws $2,358 per month in 2026

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    San Luis Obispo, CA
    E-3 · without dependents
    $2,358/ month
    $28,296 / year
    At E-3, this is #41 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879
    MHA CA392 · ZIPs 93401 93402 93403 93405 93406 93407 +37 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,023 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,027 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    San Luis Obispo — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$3,027$2,358
    E-2$3,027$2,358
    E-3$3,027$2,358
    E-4$3,027$2,358
    E-5$3,198$2,679
    E-6$3,948$2,961
    E-7$4,047$3,036
    E-8$4,152$3,348
    E-9$4,413$3,576
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,969$2,976
    W-2$4,089$3,345
    W-3$4,218$3,600
    W-4$4,485$3,966
    W-5$4,806$4,068
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$4,062$3,195
    O-2E$4,200$3,525
    O-3E$4,536$3,942
    Officer
    O-1$3,291$2,853
    O-2$3,939$3,144
    O-3$4,215$3,675
    O-4$4,920$4,047
    O-5$5,430$4,101
    O-6$5,475$4,197
    O-7$5,520$4,272
    PCS compareSan Luis Obispo · E-3 · $2,358/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,875/mo · $22,500/yr
    ▼ CUT−$483−$5,796/yr · like −$7,431 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
    New York City$4,833
    Vandenberg SFB$2,397
    Portsmouth$2,367
    Riverside$2,364
    New Haven$2,361
    San Luis Obispo$2,358
    Portland$2,316
    County Cost Group 890$2,295
    Worcester$2,286
    Providence$2,283
    Fort Chaffee$879

    San Luis Obispo is #41 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 Luis Obispo0 – $4,272 / month
    E-1$2,358
    E-2$2,358
    E-3$2,358
    E-4$2,358
    E-5$2,679
    E-6$2,961
    E-7$3,036
    E-8$3,348
    E-9$3,576
    W-1$2,976
    W-2$3,345
    W-3$3,600
    W-4$3,966
    W-5$4,068
    O-1E$3,195
    O-2E$3,525
    O-3E$3,942
    O-1$2,853
    O-2$3,144
    O-3$3,675
    O-4$4,047
    O-5$4,101
    O-6$4,197
    O-7$4,272

    Promoting to E-4 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    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.

    03

    None of it is taxed. $2,358 a month of BAH takes more than $2,358 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.