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Vandenberg SFB BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA CA026

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W-2 · With dependents
$3,714per month

$44,568 per year · federal tax-free allowance

Official DoD / DTMO rate · CONUS BAH, not an estimate

National position #44 of 338W-2 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$4,762/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$174/mo · +4.9%2025 $3,540 → 2026 $3,714
W-2 rate selectedMHA CA026 ZIPs 93254 93427 93429 93434 93436 93437 +9
PCS compare Vandenberg SFB · W-2 · with dep. · $3,714/mo
Vandenberg SFB $3,714/mo · $44,568/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.

Comparison uses with-dependents rates. Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

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Rate history

How updates work
2025$3,540
2026$3,714

Verified official history. With-dependents rate shown; use the dependency switch above for its exact comparison.

Vandenberg SFB — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
Westchester County $6,036
Portland $3,936
Manchester $3,897
Washington $3,894
Hawaii County $3,891
Newport $3,813
West Palm Beach $3,798
New Haven $3,786
Fitchburg $3,780
Providence $3,747
Chicago $3,729
Vandenberg SFB $3,714
County Cost Group 890 $3,681
Riverside $3,627
Worcester $3,582
Santa Fe $3,570
Hartford $3,555
Boulder $3,537
Indian Head Navordsta $3,528
Warrenton $3,528
Vallejo $3,522
JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst $3,501
Youngstown $1,560

Vandenberg SFB is #44 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,476 a month — $53,712 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 Westchester County at W-2 is worth $2,322 a month — about 34 promotions at this grade. Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.

What the rate table does not 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.

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Where these numbers come from

Official fields remain unchanged. Years are aligned by DTMO's MHA code; no missing value is interpolated.

2026 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2026-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-05
Last verified
2026-09-07
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2025 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2025-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Last verified
2026-09-07
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