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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    Dependents
    With $3,051Without $2,670

    W-5 at Twenty Nine Palms MCB draws $3,051 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,670 without

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    Twenty Nine Palms MCB, CA
    W-5 · with dependents
    $3,051/ month
    $36,612 / year
    At W-5, this is #124 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $7,338 · low Youngstown $1,806
    MHA CA032 · ZIPs 92225 92234 92239 92240 92241 92242 +16 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW5USMCCWO5NAVYCWO5
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,912 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,670 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Twenty Nine Palms MCB — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareTwenty Nine Palms MCB · W-5 · $3,051/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,348/mo · $40,176/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$297+$3,564/yr · like +$4,569 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,338 / month
    Westchester County$7,338
    Dover AFB$3,075
    Reno$3,075
    Humboldt County$3,063
    Rome$3,060
    Twenty Nine Palms MCB$3,051
    Buffalo$3,045
    Eugene$3,042
    Patuxent River$3,033
    Abilene$3,030
    Youngstown$1,806

    Twenty Nine Palms MCB is #124 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,532 a month — $66,384 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 14% 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. $3,051 a month of BAH takes more than $3,051 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.