BAH 2026Military housing area CA021
China Lake, CA BAH 2026
DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the China Lake, CA military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 6 ZIP codes it covers.
On this page5 sections
- E‑5 with dependents
- $1,563a month270th highest of 338
- E‑5 without dependents
- $1,428a month
- O‑3 with dependents
- $2,154a monthtied for 255th highest of 338
- ZIP codes
- 6in this DoD area
China Lake, CA pays $1,563 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the 270th highest of 338 areas. The lowest is Anniston/Fort McClellan, AL at $1,185, the highest San Francisco, CA at $5,127. The three ticks split the 338 areas into four equal groups, at $1,626, $2,064, $2,580.
Monthly BAH by grade, 2026
The 2026 rates for each grade, in whole dollars a month, exactly as DoD’s file lists them for CA021. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.
| Grade | With dependents | Without dependents |
|---|---|---|
| Enlisted | ||
| E‑1 | $1,524 | $1,344 |
| E‑2 | $1,524 | $1,344 |
| E‑3 | $1,524 | $1,344 |
| E‑4 | $1,524 | $1,344 |
| E‑5 | $1,563 | $1,428 |
| E‑6 | $1,767 | $1,485 |
| E‑7 | $1,905 | $1,530 |
| E‑8 | $2,058 | $1,611 |
| E‑9 | $2,238 | $1,680 |
| Warrant officers | ||
| W‑1 | $1,785 | $1,527 |
| W‑2 | $1,968 | $1,608 |
| W‑3 | $2,157 | $1,683 |
| W‑4 | $2,268 | $1,794 |
| W‑5 | $2,403 | $1,941 |
| Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service | ||
| O‑1E | $1,932 | $1,560 |
| O‑2E | $2,130 | $1,650 |
| O‑3E | $2,289 | $1,755 |
| Officers | ||
| O‑1 | $1,596 | $1,482 |
| O‑2 | $1,764 | $1,554 |
| O‑3 | $2,154 | $1,689 |
| O‑4 | $2,445 | $1,911 |
| O‑5 | $2,658 | $1,995 |
| O‑6 | $2,676 | $2,136 |
| O‑7 | $2,694 | $2,172 |
| O‑8† | $2,694 | $2,172 |
| O‑9† | $2,694 | $2,172 |
| O‑10† | $2,694 | $2,172 |
E‑5, the grade in the summary above, is highlighted. † DoD’s file has three columns after O‑7, equal to O‑7 in every area; DoD labels its columns only through O‑7, so they are read here as O‑8 to O‑10.
ZIP codes in this area
DoD’s 2026 file puts these 6 ZIP codes in China Lake, CA (CA021). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 93555, the ZIP of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake.
Show all 6 ZIP codesAll 6 ZIP codes
- 923xx
- 92347
- 935xx
- 93527 93528 93554 93555 93562
Installations whose address is in this area
Military OneSource lists these installations at a ZIP code in CA021; the ZIP shown is the one in each installation’s main contact address.
Other areas in California
Areas whose DoD code starts with CA, with the E‑5 with-dependents rate for 2026.
- Barstow/Fort Irwin, CA$2,001
- Beale AFB, CA$2,967
- Bridgeport, CA$2,085
- Camp Pendleton, CA$3,963
- China Lake, CA$1,563
- Edwards AFB/Palmdale, CA$2,658
- El Centro, CA$1,986
- Fresno, CA$2,439
- Humboldt County, CA$1,827
- Lemoore NAS, CA$2,139
- Los Angeles, CA$3,882
- Marin/Sonoma, CA$3,303
- Monterey, CA$3,465
- Oakland, CA$3,759
- Riverside, CA$3,351
- Sacramento, CA$2,904
- San Bernardino, CA$3,288
- San Diego, CA$3,975
- San Francisco, CA$5,127
- San Luis Obispo, CA$3,198
- Santa Clara County, CA$4,659
- Stockton, CA$2,553
- Twenty Nine Palms MCB, CA$1,980
- Vallejo/Travis AFB, CA$3,369
- Vandenberg SFB, CA$3,333
- Ventura, CA$3,537
How these rates work
- BAH depends on the area, the pay grade and whether the member has dependents; every rate here is a whole-dollar cell of DoD’s 2026 file (BAH-ASCII-2026.zip), not an estimate.
- Rate protection (37 U.S.C. 403(b)(6)): So long as a member retains uninterrupted eligibility for BAH within an area of the United States, the monthly allowance may not be reduced as a result of changes in housing costs in the area or the member’s promotion. This page can’t know a protected rate; the Leave and Earnings Statement shows it.
- ZIP codes outside DoD’s file, and the 214 ZIP codes DoD’s file assigns to XX499 (“UNKNOWN”), have no area page.
Sources
Checked against DoD’s file on October 13, 2026. The data page lists every file’s checksum: BAH data.