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BAH 2026Military housing area CA457

Edwards AFB/Palmdale, CA BAH 2026

DoD’s 2026 housing allowance for every pay grade in the Edwards AFB/Palmdale, CA military housing area, with and without dependents, and the 26 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
$2,658a monthtied for 76th highest of 338
E‑5 without dependents
$2,148a month
O‑3 with dependents
$3,264a month76th highest of 338
ZIP codes
26in this DoD area
E‑5 with dependents, 2026: this area among all 338

Edwards AFB/Palmdale, CA pays $2,658 a month for an E‑5 with dependents: the tied for 76th 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 CA457. E‑1 to E‑4 with dependents share one rate here.

Edwards AFB/Palmdale, CA (CA457), January 1, 2026 – December 31, 2026, a month
GradeWith dependentsWithout dependents
Enlisted
E‑1$2,475$1,887
E‑2$2,475$1,887
E‑3$2,475$1,887
E‑4$2,475$1,887
E‑5$2,658$2,148
E‑6$3,156$2,367
E‑7$3,195$2,481
E‑8$3,237$2,763
E‑9$3,354$2,910
Warrant officers
W‑1$3,177$2,424
W‑2$3,213$2,760
W‑3$3,267$2,928
W‑4$3,390$3,162
W‑5$3,546$3,204
Officers with over 4 years of enlisted or warrant service
O‑1E$3,198$2,655
O‑2E$3,255$2,877
O‑3E$3,414$3,150
Officers
O‑1$2,724$2,289
O‑2$3,153$2,601
O‑3$3,264$2,976
O‑4$3,597$3,189
O‑5$3,840$3,207
O‑6$3,870$3,240
O‑7$3,900$3,297
O‑8†$3,900$3,297
O‑9†$3,900$3,297
O‑10†$3,900$3,297

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 26 ZIP codes in Edwards AFB/Palmdale, CA (CA457). The BAH calculator looks up any of them and can compare up to three; the buttons below open it at 93524, the ZIP of Edwards AFB.

Show all 26 ZIP codesAll 26 ZIP codes
932xx
93243
935xx
93501 93505 93510 93516 93519 93523 93524 93532 93534 93535 93536 93539 93543 93544 93550 93551 93552 93553 93560 93563 93584 93586 93590 93591 93599
BAH calculator at 93524Basic pay + BAH + BAS at 93524

Installations whose address is in this area

Military OneSource lists these installations at a ZIP code in CA457; 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