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San Luis Obispo BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA CA392

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E-9 · With dependents
$4,413per month

$52,956 per year · federal tax-free allowance

Official DoD / DTMO rate · CONUS BAH, not an estimate

National position #29 of 338E-9 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$5,658/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$216/mo · +5.1%2025 $4,197 → 2026 $4,413
E-9 rate selectedMHA CA392 ZIPs 93401 93402 93403 93405 93406 93407 +37
PCS compare San Luis Obispo · E-9 · with dep. · $4,413/mo
San Luis Obispo $4,413/mo · $52,956/yr
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Comparison uses with-dependents rates. Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

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Rate history

How updates work
2025$4,197
2026$4,413

Verified official history. With-dependents rate shown; use the dependency switch above for its exact comparison.

San Luis Obispo — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

E-9 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,882 / month
Westchester County $6,882
San Diego $4,671
Miami $4,656
Portsmouth $4,617
Cape Cod-Plymouth $4,548
Trenton $4,521
West Point $4,521
Honolulu County $4,518
Oakland $4,488
Fort Monmouth $4,437
Portland $4,425
San Luis Obispo $4,413
Perth Amboy $4,350
Manchester $4,320
Burlington $4,314
Seattle $4,311
Ventura $4,305
Marin $4,263
Newport $4,230
Fitchburg $4,212
Washington $4,128
West Palm Beach $4,110
Anniston $1,755

San Luis Obispo is #29 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,127 a month — $61,524 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at San Luis Obispo0 – $5,520 / month
E-1 $3,027
E-2 $3,027
E-3 $3,027
E-4 $3,027
E-5 $3,198
E-6 $3,948
E-7 $4,047
E-8 $4,152
E-9 $4,413
W-1 $3,969
W-2 $4,089
W-3 $4,218
W-4 $4,485
W-5 $4,806
O-1E $4,062
O-2E $4,200
O-3E $4,536
O-1 $3,291
O-2 $3,939
O-3 $4,215
O-4 $4,920
O-5 $5,430
O-6 $5,475
O-7 $5,520

The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

What the rate table does not 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.

Source: DoD Defense Travel Management Office, effective 01 JAN 2026. How these rates are sourced and checked.

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Where these numbers come from

Official fields remain unchanged. Years are aligned by DTMO's MHA code; no missing value is interpolated.

2026 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2026-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-05
Last verified
2026-09-07
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2025 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2025-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Last verified
2026-09-07
SHA-256
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