Almaden Air Force Base BAH

Almaden Air Force Base is paid at SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA, housing area CA044. An E-5 with dependents draws $4,659 a month there, tax free.

Why the names don't matchThe DoD sets one rate per housing area, not per base, and names the area after the civilian housing market it measures. Almaden Air Force Base sits inside SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA, so that's the rate it pays.

Housing area: CA044Rank at E-5: 5 of 338vs national median: +126%

Every pay grade at Almaden Air Force Base

Grade	With dependents	Without	A year, with deps
E-1	$4,356	$3,318	$52,272
E-2	$4,356	$3,318	$52,272
E-3	$4,356	$3,318	$52,272
E-4	$4,356	$3,318	$52,272
E-5	$4,659	$3,798	$55,908
E-6	$4,977	$4,086	$59,724
E-7	$5,058	$4,368	$60,696
E-8	$5,145	$4,728	$61,740
E-9	$5,382	$4,815	$64,584
W-1	$4,998	$4,257	$59,976
W-2	$5,094	$4,725	$61,128
W-3	$5,202	$4,830	$62,424
W-4	$5,448	$4,992	$65,376
W-5	$5,751	$5,076	$69,012
O-1E	$5,070	$4,656	$60,840
O-2E	$5,184	$4,797	$62,208
O-3E	$5,496	$4,971	$65,952
O-1	$4,704	$4,053	$56,448
O-2	$4,974	$4,560	$59,688
O-3	$5,199	$4,860	$62,388
O-4	$5,856	$5,055	$70,272
O-5	$6,333	$5,100	$75,996
O-6	$6,387	$5,178	$76,644
O-7	$6,441	$5,274	$77,292
O-8	$6,441	$5,274	$77,292
O-9	$6,441	$5,274	$77,292
O-10	$6,441	$5,274	$77,292

These are the SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA rates, rate year 2026. Every installation in the area draws the same figure. BAH-ASCII-2026.zip

Paid at the same rate

A move between any of these changes nothing about your housing allowance, because they all draw the same rate.

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Moving here, or away

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