SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Military servicemembers stationed in San Diego County will see an increase to their monthly housing allowances next year, the U.S. Department of Defense announced in a statement Friday. The Basic Allowance for Housing rates will increase an average of 5.4% next year, the department said. Helicopter crashes near U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego County The amounts vary by grade and dependency status, as well as the median market rents and average utilities for each military housing area. Military officers ranked O6 and above with dependents will get the highest increase in their housing allowances at $183 per month, according to the BAH rate lookup tool. Those officers currently receive a monthly allowance of at least $5,289 and can expect to see it go up to $5,472 next year. Meanwhile, military servicemembers ranked E1 to E4 without dependents will see the lowest increase at $64 per month, the tool showed. "While average BAH rates increased, different rental markets experienced different market trends, and the 2025 BAH rates reflect those geographic market condition differences," the statement by the DoD said. According to rental information on Zillow as of Monday, the median rent in the San Diego market is about $3,000. The area's median rental price has appeared to trend downward since August, when the rent was about $3,150, according to Zillow. An estimated $29.2 billion will be paid to approximately a million servicemembers nationwide through the BAH increases, the DoD said.