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.

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    Dependents

    O-4 with dependents at Camp Pendleton draws $5,085 per month in 2026

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    Camp Pendleton, CA
    O-4 · with dependents
    $5,085/ month
    $61,020 / year
    At O-4, this is #1 of 17 stations loaded · high Camp Pendleton $5,085 · low Fort Riley $2,169
    MHA CA024 · ZIPs 92055 92054 92058
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$6,519 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$4,494 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
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    PCS compareCamp Pendleton · O-4 · $5,085/mo
    Fort Bragg$2,427/mo · $29,124/yr
    ▼ CUT$2,658−$31,896/yr · like −$40,892 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-4 with dependents, every station0 – $5,085 / month
    Camp Pendleton$5,085
    San Diego$5,082
    Honolulu County$4,737
    JB Elmendorf-Richardson$3,789
    JB Lewis-McChord$3,324
    Norfolk$3,054
    Fort Stewart$2,904
    Fort Campbell$2,793
    Fort Carson$2,778
    Fort Drum$2,655
    Fort Hood$2,577
    Fort Bragg$2,427
    Camp Lejeune$2,355
    Fort Bliss$2,352
    San Antonio (JBSA)$2,307
    Fort Benning$2,295
    Fort Riley$2,169

    Camp Pendleton is #1 of 17. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $2,916 a month — $34,992 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-5 here adds $306 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 13% 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. $5,085 a month of BAH takes more than $5,085 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.