BAH Rate Calculator
The Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) covers a service member's difference between pay and expected housing costs, and it changes with rank, family status, and local rental pressure. This calculator blends those elements to estimate a realistic monthly allowance tailored to your duty station.
We begin with a pay-grade-based baseline, then layer in the local vacancy/supply pressure, actual market rent, and whether dependents are moving with the member. The result mirrors how the Defense Finance and Accounting Service adjusts monthly housing support for specific locations.
Example: A sergeant (E-5) stationed in San Diego with dependents faces average rents near 3,100 and a 18% locality pressure. That combination pushes their estimated BAH toward $3,420 per month, which this calculator recreates.