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
    WithWithout

    E-4 without dependents at Albany draws $1,197 per month in 2026

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    Albany, GA
    E-4 · without dependents
    $1,197/ month
    $14,364 / year
    At E-4, this is #266 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879
    MHA GA072 · ZIPs 31701 31702 31703 31704 31705 31706 +6 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,535 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,326 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Albany — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,326$1,197
    E-2$1,326$1,197
    E-3$1,326$1,197
    E-4$1,326$1,197
    E-5$1,371$1,242
    E-6$1,539$1,284
    E-7$1,671$1,329
    E-8$1,815$1,410
    E-9$2,010$1,509
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,557$1,326
    W-2$1,731$1,407
    W-3$1,911$1,512
    W-4$2,046$1,563
    W-5$2,217$1,707
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,695$1,368
    O-2E$1,884$1,440
    O-3E$2,073$1,554
    Officer
    O-1$1,401$1,281
    O-2$1,536$1,362
    O-3$1,905$1,515
    O-4$2,271$1,704
    O-5$2,532$1,899
    O-6$2,550$1,914
    O-7$2,568$1,926
    PCS compareAlbany · E-4 · $1,197/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,875/mo · $22,500/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$678+$8,136/yr · like +$10,431 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-4 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
    New York City$4,833
    County Cost Group 750$1,215
    Fargo$1,206
    Minot AFB$1,206
    Akron$1,197
    Albany$1,197
    Lake Charles$1,188
    Lexington$1,188
    Topeka$1,185
    County Cost Group 740$1,179
    Fort Chaffee$879

    Albany is #266 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 Albany0 – $1,926 / month
    E-1$1,197
    E-2$1,197
    E-3$1,197
    E-4$1,197
    E-5$1,242
    E-6$1,284
    E-7$1,329
    E-8$1,410
    E-9$1,509
    W-1$1,326
    W-2$1,407
    W-3$1,512
    W-4$1,563
    W-5$1,707
    O-1E$1,368
    O-2E$1,440
    O-3E$1,554
    O-1$1,281
    O-2$1,362
    O-3$1,515
    O-4$1,704
    O-5$1,899
    O-6$1,914
    O-7$1,926

    Promoting to E-5 here adds $45 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 Albany to New York City at E-4 is worth $3,636 a month — about 81 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $45 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 11% 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. $1,197 a month of BAH takes more than $1,197 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.