Guam OHA Rates 2026 by Locality and Pay Grade

Every Overseas Housing Allowance rental ceiling DTMO publishes for Guam — one DTMO locality, all pay grades, with and without dependents, in dollars — from the table effective 16 June 2026, with the $1,512 utility allowance and $823 MIHA/Miscellaneous that apply across the country.

Rates last verified September 2026 against the published source tables.

How OHA works in Guam

Three parts. The rental allowance reimburses the rent on an approved lease up to the ceiling for your pay grade and locality — it is a cap on actual rent, not a stipend, so rent below the ceiling is simply never paid. The utility and recurring maintenance allowance is a flat $1,512 a month for every locality in Guam, paid whatever the bills come to. MIHA/Miscellaneous is $823, paid once on moving into private housing, without receipts, to every member who draws OHA.

Dependents. DTMO prints one table, for members with dependents, and states the other rule beside it: a member without dependents receives 90% of the with-dependents ceiling. At Guam an E-5 with dependents has a ceiling of $2,450; without dependents it is $2,205.

Grade groups. The table prices grade groups, and the groups are DTMO's: W-5 is paid at the O-5 column, W-4, W-3 and O-3E at O-4, W-2, O-2E and O-1E at O-3, W-1 at O-2, and E-2 and E-1 at the E-3 column. The table stops at O-6; an O-7 or above is shown here at the O-6 column, which is what DTMO's one table that prints an O-7 column pays as well.

Why the figures are already in dollars

Guam's OHA table is set in US dollars, so there is no conversion and no exchange-rate movement: the ceiling DTMO publishes is the ceiling you are paid against. The table on this page took effect on 16 June 2026 and was re-published unchanged in DTMO's 16AUG26 sheet.

Which Guam locality applies

OHA is paid for the locality of the residence, not the installation, and DTMO identifies each with a code — GU001 is Guam. Where DTMO has no separate entry for a town, the table's "other" row for the region applies. No locality on the Guam table carries a footnote extending it to other places.

What the table does not decide

Whether you draw OHA at all is the housing office's call: where adequate government quarters are available you may be assigned to them, and OHA starts only when a lease the office has approved starts. The weeks before that are paid under Temporary Lodging Allowance, not OHA. Rent above the ceiling is yours; rent below it saves the government, not you; and two members sharing a unit split the rent between them and each claim their own share against their own ceiling. MIHA/Rent and MIHA/Security exist beside MIHA/Miscellaneous and are claimed against documented costs, so they are not on this page.

Guam OHA utility allowance and MIHA/Miscellaneous — one figure for the whole country

AllowanceUS dollarsIn dollarsHow it is paid
Utility and recurring maintenance allowance$1,512$1,512Monthly, flat, whatever the bills come to
MIHA/Miscellaneous$823$823Once, on moving into private housing, no receipts

Guam OHA rental ceilings by locality — E-5, US dollars per month

LocalityDTMO codeE-5 with dependentsE-5 without dependents
GuamGU001$2,450$2,205

Guam (GU001) OHA rental ceilings by pay grade

Pay gradesWith dependentsWithout dependents (90%)
O-6$2,900$2,610
O-5 / W-5$2,800$2,520
O-4 / W-4 / W-3 / O-3E$2,600$2,340
O-3 / W-2 / O-2E / O-1E$2,450$2,205
O-2 / W-1$2,450$2,205
O-1$2,450$2,205
E-9$2,600$2,340
E-8$2,450$2,205
E-7$2,450$2,205
E-6$2,450$2,205
E-5$2,450$2,205
E-4$2,450$2,205
E-3 / E-2 / E-1$2,450$2,205

Common questions

Which Guam OHA locality applies to my duty station?

Andersen Air Force Base and Naval Base Guam price under Guam (GU001). The locality is decided by where you live, not where you work, so a member who rents in a town with its own DTMO entry is paid at that entry's ceiling; the housing office confirms the code on the lease.

What is the OHA rate in Guam for an E-5 with dependents?

It depends on the locality. DTMO's table effective 16 June 2026 sets E-5 with-dependents rental ceilings in Guam at $2,450 a month. Without dependents the ceiling is 90% of that figure, and the utility allowance of $1,512 is paid on top.

How much OHA does an O-3 get at Guam?

A rental ceiling of $2,450 a month with dependents, or $2,205 without, plus the $1,512 utility allowance. The O-3 column also pays W-2, O-2E and O-1E. The rental portion reimburses actual rent up to that ceiling, so an O-3 renting for less receives less.

Is Guam OHA affected by exchange rates?

No. Guam's table is set in US dollars, so the ceiling DTMO publishes is the ceiling you are paid against, and it changes only when DTMO revises the table itself — most recently effective 16 June 2026.

What are the utility allowance and MIHA in Guam?

One figure each for the whole country: a utility and recurring maintenance allowance of $1,512 a month, paid flat, and a MIHA/Miscellaneous payment of $823, paid once when you move into private housing and requiring no receipts. Neither varies by pay grade or by dependents. MIHA/Rent and MIHA/Security are separate, claimed against documented costs through the housing office.

What happens if my rent is below the Guam OHA ceiling?

You are reimbursed your actual rent and the rest of the ceiling is never paid — it is not banked and it does not appear on your LES as a loss. An E-5 with dependents at Guam whose ceiling is $2,450 and who rents for $1,960 forfeits the difference every month. Rent above the ceiling comes out of pocket.

When do Guam OHA rates change?

On the 1st and 16th of the month, when DTMO posts station allowance changes and re-sets the exchange rate. Underneath that, rental ceilings are reviewed against the rental survey every six months, the utility allowance annually, and MIHA every three years. This page is built from DTMO's table effective 16 June 2026, downloaded 2 September 2026; confirm the current figure at the DTMO OHA rate lookup before signing a lease.

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