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

Press Enter to look it up.

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
With $3,333 Without $2,778

E-5 at Vandenberg SFB draws $3,333 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,778 without

Permalink bahratedesk.com/vandenberg-sfb-ca/ Excel CSV
Vandenberg SFB, CA
E-5 · with dependents
$3,333/ month
$39,996 / year
At E-5, this is #35 of 338 stations · high San Francisco $5,127 · low Anniston $1,185
MHA CA026 · ZIPs 93254 93427 93429 93434 93436 93437 +9 more
Your grade is called ARMYSGTUSMCSgtNAVYPO2USAFSSgt
Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes $4,273 / mo gross
Without dependents here $2,778 / mo
In government quarters, no dependents $50.10 / mo partial
PCS compare Vandenberg SFB · E-5 · $3,333/mo
Vandenberg SFB $3,333/mo · $39,996/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.

Vandenberg SFB — full sheet Tap a row
GradeWith dep.Without
Enlisted
E-1 $3,156 $2,397
E-2 $3,156 $2,397
E-3 $3,156 $2,397
E-4 $3,156 $2,397
E-5 $3,333 $2,778
E-6 $3,642 $2,994
E-7 $3,693 $3,162
E-8 $3,747 $3,399
E-9 $3,873 $3,486
Warrant officer
W-1 $3,660 $3,105
W-2 $3,714 $3,396
W-3 $3,783 $3,498
W-4 $3,906 $3,648
W-5 $4,065 $3,702
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E $3,699 $3,330
O-2E $3,771 $3,465
O-3E $3,933 $3,633
Officer
O-1 $3,378 $2,979
O-2 $3,639 $3,276
O-3 $3,780 $3,528
O-4 $4,113 $3,687
O-5 $4,356 $3,711
O-6 $4,392 $3,759
O-7 $4,425 $3,828

What this rate means

E-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,127 / month
San Francisco $5,127
Essex CO $3,477
West Point $3,468
Monterey $3,465
Trenton $3,465
Chicago $3,438
West Palm Beach $3,423
Perth Amboy $3,393
Vallejo $3,369
Juneau $3,354
Riverside $3,351
Vandenberg SFB $3,333
Portsmouth $3,321
Marin $3,303
San Bernardino $3,288
Portland $3,252
Indian Head Navordsta $3,249
Sitka $3,210
San Luis Obispo $3,198
Providence $3,195
Manchester $3,177
County Cost Group 890 $3,156
Anniston $1,185

Vandenberg SFB is #35 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 Vandenberg SFB0 – $4,425 / month
E-1 $3,156
E-2 $3,156
E-3 $3,156
E-4 $3,156
E-5 $3,333
E-6 $3,642
E-7 $3,693
E-8 $3,747
E-9 $3,873
W-1 $3,660
W-2 $3,714
W-3 $3,783
W-4 $3,906
W-5 $4,065
O-1E $3,699
O-2E $3,771
O-3E $3,933
O-1 $3,378
O-2 $3,639
O-3 $3,780
O-4 $4,113
O-5 $4,356
O-6 $4,392
O-7 $4,425

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

Moving from Vandenberg SFB to San Francisco at E-5 is worth $1,794 a month — about 6 promotions at this grade. Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.

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.