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-1 without dependents at Twenty Nine Palms MCB draws $1,755 per month in 2026

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    Twenty Nine Palms MCB, CA
    E-1 · without dependents
    $1,755/ month
    $21,060 / year
    At E-1, this is #106 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879
    MHA CA032 · ZIPs 92225 92234 92239 92240 92241 92242 +16 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,250 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,896 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Twenty Nine Palms MCB — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,896$1,755
    E-2$1,896$1,755
    E-3$1,896$1,755
    E-4$1,896$1,755
    E-5$1,980$1,782
    E-6$2,550$1,914
    E-7$2,649$1,986
    E-8$2,751$2,097
    E-9$2,892$2,265
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,571$1,929
    W-2$2,688$2,094
    W-3$2,817$2,286
    W-4$2,919$2,571
    W-5$3,051$2,670
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,664$1,998
    O-2E$2,796$2,229
    O-3E$2,940$2,544
    Officer
    O-1$2,052$1,809
    O-2$2,544$1,989
    O-3$2,814$2,343
    O-4$3,090$2,646
    O-5$3,291$2,703
    O-6$3,318$2,796
    O-7$3,342$2,841
    PCS compareTwenty Nine Palms MCB · E-1 · $1,755/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,875/mo · $22,500/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$120+$1,440/yr · like +$1,846 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
    New York City$4,833
    Sitka$1,767
    County Cost Group 850$1,764
    Fort Collins$1,764
    Charleston$1,755
    Twenty Nine Palms MCB$1,755
    Atlanta$1,752
    Hampden County$1,752
    Allentown$1,749
    Dahlonega$1,746
    Fort Chaffee$879

    Twenty Nine Palms MCB is #106 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 Twenty Nine Palms MCB0 – $2,841 / month
    E-1$1,755
    E-2$1,755
    E-3$1,755
    E-4$1,755
    E-5$1,782
    E-6$1,914
    E-7$1,986
    E-8$2,097
    E-9$2,265
    W-1$1,929
    W-2$2,094
    W-3$2,286
    W-4$2,571
    W-5$2,670
    O-1E$1,998
    O-2E$2,229
    O-3E$2,544
    O-1$1,809
    O-2$1,989
    O-3$2,343
    O-4$2,646
    O-5$2,703
    O-6$2,796
    O-7$2,841

    Promoting to E-2 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 8% 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. $1,755 a month of BAH takes more than $1,755 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.