What is O-5 BAH at White Sands MR in 2026?

$2,007 per month without dependents ($24,084 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. with dependents it is $2,358 per month.

Does BAH count as taxable income?

No. BAH is excluded from federal taxable income, so a given BAH amount is worth more than the same figure in basic pay.

What happens if my BAH rate drops this year?

BAH rate protection holds you at the prior year's amount as long as your duty location, pay grade and dependency status stay the same. The lower rate applies to members arriving on new orders.

O-5 BAH at White Sands MR 2026 — $2,007/mo without dependents

Basic Allowance for Housing by duty station, pay grade and dependency status. Official DoD rates, no login, no email.

White Sands MR/Las Cruces, NM

O-5 · without dependents

$2,007/ month

$24,084 / year

At O-5, this is #269 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,162 · low Youngstown $1,593

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,573 / mo gross

Other dependency status here$2,358 with dependents

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

White Sands MR — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,503	$1,155
E-2	$1,503	$1,155
E-3	$1,503	$1,155
E-4	$1,503	$1,155
E-5	$1,701	$1,275
E-6	$1,929	$1,443
E-7	$1,983	$1,509
E-8	$2,043	$1,752
E-9	$2,127	$1,809
Warrant officer
W-1	$1,944	$1,458
W-2	$2,007	$1,749
W-3	$2,085	$1,821
W-4	$2,142	$1,932
W-5	$2,220	$1,995
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$1,989	$1,698
O-2E	$2,070	$1,797
O-3E	$2,154	$1,917
Officer
O-1	$1,737	$1,302
O-2	$1,926	$1,638
O-3	$2,082	$1,842
O-4	$2,241	$1,977
O-5	$2,358	$2,007
O-6	$2,376	$2,061
O-7	$2,388	$2,094

What this rate means

O-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,162 / month

Westchester County$6,162

Paducah$2,022

Camp Lejeune$2,016

Fort Benning$2,013

County Cost Group 740$2,007

White Sands MR$2,007

Wilkes-Barre$2,007

Frankfort$2,001

Sumter$1,998

China Lake$1,995

Youngstown$1,593

White Sands MR is #269 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,569 a month — $54,828 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at White Sands MR0 – $2,094 / month

E-1$1,155

E-2$1,155

E-3$1,155

E-4$1,155

E-5$1,275

E-6$1,443

E-7$1,509

E-8$1,752

E-9$1,809

W-1$1,458

W-2$1,749

W-3$1,821

W-4$1,932

W-5$1,995

O-1E$1,698

O-2E$1,797

O-3E$1,917

O-1$1,302

O-2$1,638

O-3$1,842

O-4$1,977

O-5$2,007

O-6$2,061

O-7$2,094

Promoting to O-6 here adds $54 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from White Sands MR to Westchester County at O-5 is worth $4,155 a month — about 77 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $54 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 17% 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.

None of it is taxed. $2,007 a month of BAH takes more than $2,007 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

Things the rate table doesn't tell you

“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.

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.

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.

O-5 without dependents at White Sands MR draws $2,007 per month in 2026

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you