Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam: BAH and housing

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam is a joint base shared by the Navy and Air Force in Honolulu, Hawaii. An E-5 with dependents receives $3,663 a month in BAH here, tied for the 8th-highest of the 119 bases we track, $1,077 less than the $4,740 HUD fair-market rent for a 3-bedroom in ZIP 96818. Honolulu is one of the pricier markets on the list (8th-highest of 114): the median home is worth $843,400 and the median rent is $1,823. Average daily highs of 85°F make it the 3rd-warmest base by that measure (tied).

Data: DTMO 2026 BAH for MHA HI408, HUD rents for ZIP 96818, Census ACS for Urban Honolulu CDP, NOAA normals at Honolulu International Airport, HI. Jump to sources · Methodology

What is my BAH (Basic Allowance for Housing) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam?

This calculator uses 2026 DTMO (Defense Travel Management Office) rates for selected pay grade and dependent status.

Pay grade

Dependents

$2,856/mo

Monthly BAH at E-5 pay grade without dependents.

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam: $2,856

Typical 2-bedroom rent nearby: $3,410/mo
BAH vs that rent: $554/mo short

Key facts for living at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

Key facts for living at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
Host state	Hawaii
State income tax	Top listed rate 11.0%
Top state income-tax rate	11.0%
Average sales tax (state + local)	4.50%
Average property tax (real estate)	0.29%
Personal property tax (vehicles)	No
Median home value	$834,025
Military housing area	HI408 — HONOLULU COUNTY, HI
Climate (annual high / low)	85° / 72°F
Annual precipitation	16.4 in
Official site	Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

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PCS checklist for Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

Update DEERS and your page-2 / dependency status before BAH starts at the new MHA (HI408).
Look up your exact BAH for rank and dependents on the DTMO BAH lookup (ZIP 96860).
Off-base 2-bedroom HUD FMR in Honolulu County is $2,642/mo. On-base housing is separate.
Get an HI driver license within 30 days and title the car within 30 days. See Hawaii.
Confirm reporting instructions on the official Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam site.

How Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam compares

E-5 with-dependents BAH is lower at Altus Air Force Base ($1,254 vs $3,663).

Use the picker above for any other compatible installation. Published PCS pages that include Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam are listed here.

Norfolk → JBPHHNaval Station Norfolk to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

Sources

Housing figures below are for the installation (MHA, HUD rent, climate). Host-state tax rates are statewide averages — not a tax return. County add-ons can differ, and wage tax on military pay follows legal residence, not the duty station.

BAH (with and without dependents). DTMO CY2026 BAH tables for Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (HI408). Confirm current rates on the DTMO BAH lookup.
2-bedroom Fair Market Rent. HUD FY2026 FMR — Honolulu County $2,642.
Off-base ZIP rent (HUD Small Area FMR). FY2026 ZIP 2- and 3-bedroom 40th-percentile rents from the HUD Small Area FMR tables: 96818 (Urban Honolulu) $3,410 / $4,740.
Off-base city home value and rent. U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year 2020–2024 tables B25077 (median value of owner-occupied homes) and B25064 (median gross rent) for Urban Honolulu CDP, Hawaii ($843,400, $1,823/mo). Owner-reported values, not transaction prices.
Climate normals (1991–2020). NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals — Honolulu International Airport, HI (USW00022521).
Host-state wage tax. Statewide listed rates for Hawaii from the Tax Foundation 2026 individual income-tax tables. On this page they describe the host state, not automatically the tax on a military LES (legal residence can stay put). BAH is untaxed.
Combined sales tax near the installation. Tax Foundation January 2026 state-and-local sales-tax averages for Hawaii. Used as an off-base shopping stand-in; city and county add-ons vary.
Effective property tax if you buy off-base. Tax Foundation 2026 property taxes by state for Hawaii. On-base housing is not in this figure.
Vehicle title tax and new-resident clocks. Hawaii motor-vehicle agency (license 30 days, title 30 days; title tax 4.00%). These are host-state motor-vehicle rules, not BAH.
Vehicle personal-property tax on the host-state snapshot. WalletHub 2026 vehicle property-tax table for Hawaii. This is a statewide car-tax flag, not real-estate tax and not BAH.
Statewide median home value on the host-state snapshot. Experian / Zillow March 2026 state medians for Hawaii. Backdrop for off-base purchase prices; on-base housing and BAH are separate.

Data last updated: September 2026. How the data is compiled