Lackland Air Force Base BAH

Lackland Air Force Base is paid at SAN ANTONIO, TX, housing area TX285. An E-5 with dependents draws $1,869 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. Lackland Air Force Base sits inside SAN ANTONIO, TX, so that's the rate it pays.

Housing area: TX285Rank at E-5: 209 of 338vs national median: -9%

Every pay grade at Lackland Air Force Base

Grade	With dependents	Without	A year, with deps
E-1	$1,728	$1,359	$20,736
E-2	$1,728	$1,359	$20,736
E-3	$1,728	$1,359	$20,736
E-4	$1,728	$1,359	$20,736
E-5	$1,869	$1,500	$22,428
E-6	$2,094	$1,596	$25,128
E-7	$2,112	$1,731	$25,344
E-8	$2,121	$1,920	$25,452
E-9	$2,157	$1,977	$25,884
W-1	$2,109	$1,692	$25,308
W-2	$2,118	$1,917	$25,416
W-3	$2,130	$1,986	$25,560
W-4	$2,178	$2,085	$26,136
W-5	$2,280	$2,097	$27,360
O-1E	$2,115	$1,866	$25,380
O-2E	$2,124	$1,965	$25,488
O-3E	$2,196	$2,082	$26,352
O-1	$1,905	$1,584	$22,860
O-2	$2,091	$1,827	$25,092
O-3	$2,127	$2,007	$25,524
O-4	$2,307	$2,088	$27,684
O-5	$2,457	$2,100	$29,484
O-6	$2,475	$2,103	$29,700
O-7	$2,490	$2,112	$29,880
O-8	$2,490	$2,112	$29,880
O-9	$2,490	$2,112	$29,880
O-10	$2,490	$2,112	$29,880

These are the SAN ANTONIO, TX 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

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.