W-2 without dependents at San Antonio (JBSA) draws $1,917 per month in 2026
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San Antonio, TX
W-2 · without dependents
$1,917/ month
$23,004 / year
At W-2, this is #9 of 17 stations loaded · high San Diego $4,062 · low Fort Riley $1,410
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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,458 / mo gross
Other dependency status here$2,118 with dependents
In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
MHA
Most JBSA grades went DOWN for 2026 — see the rate-protection flag below.
RATE PROTECTION
Already stationed here? You don't take this cut. BAH rate protection holds you at your prior year's amount as long as your duty location, grade and dependency status stay the same. The lower 2026 number applies to members arriving on new orders, and to you if you promote, change dependency status, or PCS.
W-2 without dependents, every station0 – $4,062 / month
San Diego$4,062
Camp Pendleton$4,053
Honolulu County$3,717
JB Lewis-McChord$2,631
Norfolk$2,460
JB Elmendorf-Richardson$2,385
Fort Carson$2,376
Fort Stewart$2,337
San Antonio (JBSA)$1,917
Fort Bliss$1,878
Fort Campbell$1,875
Fort Bragg$1,857
Fort Benning$1,770
Fort Hood$1,743
Fort Drum$1,713
Camp Lejeune$1,659
Fort Riley$1,410
San Antonio (JBSA) is #9 of 17. The spread between
the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $2,652 a month —
$31,824 a year, untaxed.
Every pay grade at San Antonio (JBSA)0 – $2,112 / month
E-1$1,359
E-2$1,359
E-3$1,359
E-4$1,359
E-5$1,500
E-6$1,596
E-7$1,731
E-8$1,920
E-9$1,977
W-1$1,692
W-2$1,917
W-3$1,986
W-4$2,085
W-5$2,097
O-1E$1,866
O-2E$1,965
O-3E$2,082
O-1$1,584
O-2$1,827
O-3$2,007
O-4$2,088
O-5$2,100
O-6$2,103
O-7$2,112
Promoting to W-3 here adds $69 a
month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.
01
Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from San Antonio (JBSA) to San Diego at W-2 is worth $2,145 a month — about 31 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $69 per grade here.
02
Dependency status is worth 10% 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. $1,917 a month of BAH takes more than $1,917 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
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“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.