BAH Rate Desk2026
Rates effective
01 JAN 2026 · CONUS

Basic Allowance for Housing by duty station, pay grade and dependency status. Official DoD rates, no login, no email.

Duty station or MHA
    Try Fort Liberty, Cavazos, Moore or a ZIP — old and unofficial names resolve.
    Or type your rank
    Enlisted
    E-1E-2E-3E-4E-5E-6E-7E-8E-9
    Warrant
    W-1W-2W-3W-4W-5
    Prior enl.
    O-1EO-2EO-3E
    Officer
    O-1O-2O-3O-4O-5O-6O-7
    Dependents
    With $1,989Without $1,644

    O-1 at Abilene draws $1,989 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,644 without

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    Abilene/Dyess AFB, TX
    O-1 · with dependents
    $1,989/ month
    $23,868 / year
    At O-1, this is #188 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,172 · low Youngstown $1,218
    MHA TX270 · ZIPs 76443 76469 79501 79503 79504 79508 +22 more
    Your grade is calledARMY2LTUSMC2ndLtNAVYENSUSAF2d Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,550 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,644 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Abilene — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,761$1,380
    E-2$1,761$1,380
    E-3$1,761$1,380
    E-4$1,761$1,380
    E-5$1,872$1,545
    E-6$2,820$2,115
    E-7$2,844$2,133
    E-8$2,853$2,145
    E-9$2,895$2,352
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,841$2,130
    W-2$2,850$2,142
    W-3$2,862$2,382
    W-4$2,919$2,817
    W-5$3,030$2,826
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,847$2,139
    O-2E$2,856$2,286
    O-3E$2,937$2,814
    Officer
    O-1$1,989$1,644
    O-2$2,805$2,136
    O-3$2,859$2,475
    O-4$3,063$2,820
    O-5$3,234$2,829
    O-6$3,258$2,832
    O-7$3,282$2,859
    PCS compareAbilene · O-1 · $1,989/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,517/mo · $30,204/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$528+$6,336/yr · like +$8,123 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,172 / month
    San Francisco$5,172
    Kansas City$2,019
    Battle Creek$2,013
    El Centro$2,013
    County Cost Group 800$2,007
    Abilene$1,989
    Yakima$1,983
    Fort Wayne$1,977
    Boise$1,974
    Helena$1,968
    Youngstown$1,218

    Abilene is #188 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month — $47,448 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Abilene0 – $3,282 / month
    E-1$1,761
    E-2$1,761
    E-3$1,761
    E-4$1,761
    E-5$1,872
    E-6$2,820
    E-7$2,844
    E-8$2,853
    E-9$2,895
    W-1$2,841
    W-2$2,850
    W-3$2,862
    W-4$2,919
    W-5$3,030
    O-1E$2,847
    O-2E$2,856
    O-3E$2,937
    O-1$1,989
    O-2$2,805
    O-3$2,859
    O-4$3,063
    O-5$3,234
    O-6$3,258
    O-7$3,282

    Promoting to O-2 here adds $816 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Abilene to San Francisco at O-1 is worth $3,183 a month — about 4 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $816 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 21% here. That is a status your finance office determines, not a box you tick — and it is the single largest lever on this page that is not a change of address.

    03

    None of it is taxed. $1,989 a month of BAH takes more than $1,989 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

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    Things the rate table doesn't tell you

    01

    “With dependents” is a dependency status, not a marital status. A single member paying child support can be authorized BAH-Diff; a married dual-military couple with no children is not automatically the with-dependents rate for both. If your situation is unusual, your finance office decides — not this table.

    02

    O-8, O-9 and O-10 draw the same BAH as O-7. The table stops there for a reason, not because it is missing rows.

    03

    This is CONUS BAH only. Overseas is OHA, which works differently — it reimburses actual rent up to a cap, with separate utility and move-in allowances. Alaska and Hawaii are BAH; Germany, Japan and Korea are OHA.