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

    O-3E with dependents at Twenty Nine Palms MCB draws $2,940 per month in 2026

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    Twenty Nine Palms MCB, CA
    O-3E · with dependents
    $2,940/ month
    $35,280 / year
    At O-3E, this is #124 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $7,023 · low Youngstown $1,788
    MHA CA032 · ZIPs 92225 92234 92239 92240 92241 92242 +16 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,769 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,544 without 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 · O-3E · $2,940/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,222/mo · $38,664/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$282+$3,384/yr · like +$4,338 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-3E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,023 / month
    Westchester County$7,023
    County Cost Group 830$2,970
    Humboldt County$2,961
    Coastal Maine$2,952
    Reno$2,946
    Twenty Nine Palms MCB$2,940
    Abilene$2,937
    Spokane$2,937
    Dallas$2,934
    Buffalo$2,919
    Youngstown$1,788

    Twenty Nine Palms MCB is #124 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,235 a month — $62,820 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Twenty Nine Palms MCB0 – $3,342 / month
    E-1$1,896
    E-2$1,896
    E-3$1,896
    E-4$1,896
    E-5$1,980
    E-6$2,550
    E-7$2,649
    E-8$2,751
    E-9$2,892
    W-1$2,571
    W-2$2,688
    W-3$2,817
    W-4$2,919
    W-5$3,051
    O-1E$2,664
    O-2E$2,796
    O-3E$2,940
    O-1$2,052
    O-2$2,544
    O-3$2,814
    O-4$3,090
    O-5$3,291
    O-6$3,318
    O-7$3,342

    Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 16% 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. $2,940 a month of BAH takes more than $2,940 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.