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White Sands MR BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA NM209

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O-3E · With dependents
$2,154per month

$25,848 per year · federal tax-free allowance

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

National position #283 of 338O-3E · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$2,762/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$24/mo · +1.1%2025 $2,130 → 2026 $2,154
O-3E rate selectedMHA NM209 ZIPs 87936 87937 87940 87941 88001 88002 +24
PCS compare White Sands MR · O-3E · with dep. · $2,154/mo
White Sands MR $2,154/mo · $25,848/yr
CURRENT

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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$2,130
2026$2,154

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

White Sands MR — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

O-3E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,023 / month
Westchester County $7,023
County Cost Group 730 $2,175
Terre Haute $2,175
Akron $2,169
Springfield $2,169
Fort Benning $2,166
Lafayette $2,157
Moody AFB $2,157
St Mary And Terrebonne $2,157
Yuma $2,157
Frankfort $2,154
White Sands MR $2,154
Peoria $2,151
County Cost Group 720 $2,148
Lubbock $2,145
Little Rock $2,127
County Cost Group 710 $2,124
Sault Ste Marie $2,124
Lake Charles $2,109
Springfield $2,109
County Cost Group 700 $2,103
Montgomery $2,100
Youngstown $1,788

White Sands MR is #283 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 White Sands MR0 – $2,388 / month
E-1 $1,503
E-2 $1,503
E-3 $1,503
E-4 $1,503
E-5 $1,701
E-6 $1,929
E-7 $1,983
E-8 $2,043
E-9 $2,127
W-1 $1,944
W-2 $2,007
W-3 $2,085
W-4 $2,142
W-5 $2,220
O-1E $1,989
O-2E $2,070
O-3E $2,154
O-1 $1,737
O-2 $1,926
O-3 $2,082
O-4 $2,241
O-5 $2,358
O-6 $2,376
O-7 $2,388

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

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.

Source record

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
SHA-256
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