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

    O-1 with dependents at Camp Pendleton draws $4,023 per month in 2026

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    Camp Pendleton, CA
    O-1 · with dependents
    $4,023/ month
    $48,276 / year
    At O-1, this is #2 of 17 stations loaded · high San Diego $4,032 · low Fort Riley $1,377
    MHA CA024 · ZIPs 92055 92054 92058
    Your grade is calledARMY2LTUSMC2ndLtNAVYENSUSAF2d Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$5,158 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,285 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Camp Pendleton — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareCamp Pendleton · O-1 · $4,023/mo
    Fort Bragg$1,842/mo · $22,104/yr
    ▼ CUT$2,181−$26,172/yr · like −$33,554 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-1 with dependents, every station0 – $4,032 / month
    San Diego$4,032
    Camp Pendleton$4,023
    Honolulu County$3,702
    JB Elmendorf-Richardson$2,886
    JB Lewis-McChord$2,607
    Norfolk$2,454
    Fort Carson$2,376
    Fort Stewart$2,334
    San Antonio (JBSA)$1,905
    Fort Campbell$1,857
    Fort Bliss$1,857
    Fort Bragg$1,842
    Fort Benning$1,755
    Fort Hood$1,731
    Fort Drum$1,701
    Camp Lejeune$1,635
    Fort Riley$1,377

    Camp Pendleton is #2 of 17. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $2,655 a month — $31,860 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Camp Pendleton0 – $5,484 / month
    E-1$3,627
    E-2$3,627
    E-3$3,627
    E-4$3,627
    E-5$3,963
    E-6$4,398
    E-7$4,494
    E-8$4,596
    E-9$4,779
    W-1$4,419
    W-2$4,536
    W-3$4,662
    W-4$4,824
    W-5$5,019
    O-1E$4,512
    O-2E$4,644
    O-3E$4,854
    O-1$4,023
    O-2$4,395
    O-3$4,659
    O-4$5,085
    O-5$5,391
    O-6$5,439
    O-7$5,484

    Promoting to O-2 here adds $372 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 22% 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. $4,023 a month of BAH takes more than $4,023 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.