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BAH 2026Military housing area CA024

Camp Pendleton, CA BAH 2026

DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Camp Pendleton, CA military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 21 ZIP codes it covers.

  • In force January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026
  • From DoD’s file BAH-ASCII-2026.zip
  • Verified October 13, 2026
On this page5 sections
  1. Rates by grade, 2026
  2. ZIP codes in this area
  3. Installations here
  4. Other areas in California
  5. How these rates work
E‑5 with dependents
$3,963a month14th highest of 338
E‑5 without dependents
$3,093a month
O‑3 with dependents
$4,659a month15th highest of 338
ZIP codes
21in this DoD area
E‑5 with dependents, 2026: this area among all 338

Camp Pendleton, CA pays $3,963 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the 14th 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 CA024. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.

Camp Pendleton, CA (CA024), January 1, 2026 – December 31, 2026, a month
GradeWith dependentsWithout dependents
Enlisted
E‑1$3,627$2,739
E‑2$3,627$2,739
E‑3$3,627$2,739
E‑4$3,627$2,739
E‑5$3,963$3,093
E‑6$4,398$3,324
E‑7$4,494$3,642
E‑8$4,596$4,056
E‑9$4,779$4,182
Warrant officers
W‑1$4,419$3,513
W‑2$4,536$4,053
W‑3$4,662$4,197
W‑4$4,824$4,416
W‑5$5,019$4,518
Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service
O‑1E$4,512$3,960
O‑2E$4,644$4,152
O‑3E$4,854$4,392
Officers
O‑1$4,023$3,285
O‑2$4,395$3,855
O‑3$4,659$4,239
O‑4$5,085$4,494
O‑5$5,391$4,548
O‑6$5,439$4,641
O‑7$5,484$4,725
O‑8†$5,484$4,725
O‑9†$5,484$4,725
O‑10†$5,484$4,725

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 21 ZIP codes in Camp Pendleton, CA (CA024). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 92055, the ZIP of Camp Pendleton.

Show all 21 ZIP codesAll 21 ZIP codes
920xx
92003 92008 92025 92026 92027 92028 92054 92055 92056 92057 92058 92059 92060 92061 92069 92079 92081 92082 92083 92084
926xx
92672
BAH calculator at 92055Basic pay + BAH + BAS at 92055

Installations whose address is in this area

Military OneSource lists these installations at a ZIP code in CA024; 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.

All 338 areas by state

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.
Alert for BAH 2027 (January 1):RSS feedCalendar (.ics)How these work

Sources

Checked against DoD’s file on October 13, 2026. The data page lists every file’s checksum: BAH data.

  1. BAH rates, all locations and pay grades, 2026 (ASCII)Defense Travel Management Office · read
  2. 37 U.S.C. 403, Basic allowance for housingCornell LII (U.S. Code) · read
  3. MilitaryINSTALLATIONS: installation pages (Main Contact Info addresses)Military OneSource, U.S. Department of Defense · read