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.

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Dependents
With $4,659 Without $3,798

E-5 at Santa Clara County draws $4,659 per month with dependents in 2026, $3,798 without

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Santa Clara County, CA
E-5 · with dependents
$4,659/ month
$55,908 / year
At E-5, this is #5 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA CA044 · ZIPs 94002 94020 94021 94022 94023 94024 +117 more
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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $5,973 / mo gross
Without dependents here $3,798 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Santa Clara County · E-5 · $4,659/mo
Santa Clara County $4,659/mo · $55,908/yr
CURRENT

Pick a station below to see what the move is worth a year, before tax. Orders rarely arrive as one option — add several and rank them.

Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

Santa Clara County — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
New York City $5,070
Boston $4,791
Northern New Jersey $4,749
Santa Clara County $4,659
Westchester County $4,479
Long Island $4,425
Nantucket $4,344
Maui County $4,329
Hanscom AFB $4,188
Martha's Vineyard $3,984
San Diego $3,975
Florida Keys $3,969
Camp Pendleton $3,963
Cape Cod-Plymouth $3,924
Los Angeles $3,882
Kauai County $3,798
Oakland $3,759
Staten Island $3,735
Honolulu County $3,663
Miami $3,660
Anniston $1,185

Santa Clara County is #5 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,942 a month — $47,304 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Santa Clara County0 – $6,441 / month
E-1 $4,356
E-2 $4,356
E-3 $4,356
E-4 $4,356
E-5 $4,659
E-6 $4,977
E-7 $5,058
E-8 $5,145
E-9 $5,382
W-1 $4,998
W-2 $5,094
W-3 $5,202
W-4 $5,448
W-5 $5,751
O-1E $5,070
O-2E $5,184
O-3E $5,496
O-1 $4,704
O-2 $4,974
O-3 $5,199
O-4 $5,856
O-5 $6,333
O-6 $6,387
O-7 $6,441

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

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.

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