Fort Hunter Liggett BAH

Fort Hunter Liggett is paid at SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA, housing area CA392. An E-5 with dependents draws $3,198 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. Fort Hunter Liggett sits inside SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA, so that's the rate it pays.

Housing area: CA392Rank at E-5: 42 of 338vs national median: +55%

Every pay grade at Fort Hunter Liggett

Grade	With dependents	Without	A year, with deps
E-1	$3,027	$2,358	$36,324
E-2	$3,027	$2,358	$36,324
E-3	$3,027	$2,358	$36,324
E-4	$3,027	$2,358	$36,324
E-5	$3,198	$2,679	$38,376
E-6	$3,948	$2,961	$47,376
E-7	$4,047	$3,036	$48,564
E-8	$4,152	$3,348	$49,824
E-9	$4,413	$3,576	$52,956
W-1	$3,969	$2,976	$47,628
W-2	$4,089	$3,345	$49,068
W-3	$4,218	$3,600	$50,616
W-4	$4,485	$3,966	$53,820
W-5	$4,806	$4,068	$57,672
O-1E	$4,062	$3,195	$48,744
O-2E	$4,200	$3,525	$50,400
O-3E	$4,536	$3,942	$54,432
O-1	$3,291	$2,853	$39,492
O-2	$3,939	$3,144	$47,268
O-3	$4,215	$3,675	$50,580
O-4	$4,920	$4,047	$59,040
O-5	$5,430	$4,101	$65,160
O-6	$5,475	$4,197	$65,700
O-7	$5,520	$4,272	$66,240
O-8	$5,520	$4,272	$66,240
O-9	$5,520	$4,272	$66,240
O-10	$5,520	$4,272	$66,240

These are the SAN LUIS OBISPO, 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.

Camp Roberts
National Guard Camp Roberts Maneuver Training Center
National Guard Camp San Luis Obispo

Moving here, or away

The comparison on the front page puts this rate against whichever station you're at now and shows what the move does to the money.