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
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    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-3 without dependents at Stockton draws $2,793 per month in 2026

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    Stockton, CA
    O-3 · without dependents
    $2,793/ month
    $33,516 / year
    At O-3, this is #82 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,331 · low Youngstown $1,344
    MHA CA035 · ZIPs 95201 95202 95203 95204 95205 95206 +65 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,581 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,309 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Stockton — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,445$1,926
    E-2$2,445$1,926
    E-3$2,445$1,926
    E-4$2,445$1,926
    E-5$2,553$2,187
    E-6$2,934$2,340
    E-7$3,072$2,445
    E-8$3,219$2,634
    E-9$3,432$2,742
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,955$2,418
    W-2$3,132$2,631
    W-3$3,315$2,757
    W-4$3,477$2,961
    W-5$3,672$3,105
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,096$2,550
    O-2E$3,288$2,718
    O-3E$3,507$2,925
    Officer
    O-1$2,607$2,331
    O-2$2,931$2,523
    O-3$3,309$2,793
    O-4$3,738$3,075
    O-5$4,047$3,156
    O-6$4,080$3,294
    O-7$4,110$3,351
    PCS compareStockton · O-3 · $2,793/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,643/mo · $31,716/yr
    ▼ CUT−$150−$1,800/yr · like −$2,308 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,331 / month
    San Francisco$5,331
    Fort Myers Beach$2,835
    Outer Banks$2,820
    Madison$2,799
    Baltimore$2,793
    Stockton$2,793
    JB Lewis-McChord$2,784
    Ballston Spa$2,775
    Fort Pierce$2,772
    Ketchikan$2,772
    Youngstown$1,344

    Stockton is #82 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,987 a month — $47,844 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Stockton0 – $3,351 / month
    E-1$1,926
    E-2$1,926
    E-3$1,926
    E-4$1,926
    E-5$2,187
    E-6$2,340
    E-7$2,445
    E-8$2,634
    E-9$2,742
    W-1$2,418
    W-2$2,631
    W-3$2,757
    W-4$2,961
    W-5$3,105
    O-1E$2,550
    O-2E$2,718
    O-3E$2,925
    O-1$2,331
    O-2$2,523
    O-3$2,793
    O-4$3,075
    O-5$3,156
    O-6$3,294
    O-7$3,351

    Promoting to O-4 here adds $282 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 Stockton to San Francisco at O-3 is worth $2,538 a month — about 9 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $282 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 18% 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. $2,793 a month of BAH takes more than $2,793 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.