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.

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    Enlisted
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    Warrant
    W-1W-2W-3W-4W-5
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    Officer
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    Dependents
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    W-4 without dependents at Alexandria draws $1,698 per month in 2026

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    Alexandria, LA
    W-4 · without dependents
    $1,698/ month
    $20,376 / year
    At W-4, this is #315 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $5,478 · low Youngstown $1,362
    MHA LA113 · ZIPs 71301 71302 71303 71306 71307 71309 +25 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW4USMCCWO4NAVYCWO4
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,177 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,073 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Alexandria — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,254$1,089
    E-2$1,254$1,089
    E-3$1,254$1,089
    E-4$1,254$1,089
    E-5$1,290$1,161
    E-6$1,677$1,257
    E-7$1,779$1,335
    E-8$1,884$1,413
    E-9$2,040$1,530
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,698$1,275
    W-2$1,821$1,368
    W-3$1,953$1,533
    W-4$2,073$1,698
    W-5$2,220$1,800
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,794$1,347
    O-2E$1,935$1,458
    O-3E$2,097$1,671
    Officer
    O-1$1,344$1,212
    O-2$1,674$1,338
    O-3$1,950$1,536
    O-4$2,268$1,779
    O-5$2,496$1,872
    O-6$2,514$1,932
    O-7$2,529$1,962
    PCS compareAlexandria · W-4 · $1,698/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,766/mo · $33,192/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,068+$12,816/yr · like +$16,431 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-4 without dependents, every station0 – $5,478 / month
    Westchester County$5,478
    San Francisco$5,454
    Nantucket$5,151
    New York City$5,118
    Northern New Jersey$5,046
    Santa Clara County$4,992
    Maui County$4,839
    Boston$4,833
    Long Island$4,791
    Martha's Vineyard$4,629
    Hanscom AFB$4,497
    Camp Pendleton$4,416
    San Diego$4,410
    Kauai County$4,296
    Staten Island$4,239
    Los Angeles$4,212
    West Point$4,137
    Oakland$4,131
    Florida Keys$4,119
    Fort Monmouth$4,098
    Perth Amboy$4,083
    Cape Cod-Plymouth$4,026
    Ventura$4,020
    Trenton$4,002
    San Luis Obispo$3,966
    Honolulu County$3,951
    Monterey$3,951
    Seattle$3,930
    Marin$3,843
    Hawaii County$3,840
    Miami$3,840
    Essex CO$3,807
    Burlington$3,777
    Washington$3,777
    Portsmouth$3,756
    New Haven$3,729
    Chicago$3,696
    Vandenberg SFB$3,648
    Portland$3,630
    West Palm Beach$3,630
    Manchester$3,582
    Riverside$3,552
    County Cost Group 890$3,543
    Fitchburg$3,516
    Newport$3,507
    Providence$3,498
    Vallejo$3,489
    JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst$3,450
    Santa Fe$3,435
    Worcester$3,417
    Indian Head Navordsta$3,396
    Warrenton$3,396
    Willow Grove$3,396
    Boulder$3,372
    San Bernardino$3,372
    Hartford$3,363
    Juneau$3,357
    Atlantic City$3,318
    Fort G. G. Meade$3,282
    Everett$3,270
    Annapolis$3,237
    County Cost Group 880$3,222
    Sitka$3,213
    Quantico$3,180
    Edwards AFB$3,162
    Beale AFB$3,123
    Ann Arbor$3,099
    New London$3,087
    Cape May$3,078
    Fort Detrick$3,075
    Denver$3,066
    Tampa$3,039
    County Cost Group 870$3,015
    Philadelphia$2,973
    Sacramento$2,973
    Stockton$2,961
    Orlando$2,955
    Outer Banks$2,952
    Fort Myers Beach$2,931
    Madison$2,931
    JB Lewis-McChord$2,931
    Baltimore$2,919
    JB Elmendorf-Richardson$2,901
    Hampden County$2,898
    Ketchikan$2,892
    Ballston Spa$2,886
    Patrick SFB$2,880
    Kodiak Island$2,874
    Port Angeles$2,874
    Brunswick$2,862
    Austin$2,856
    County Cost Group 860$2,844
    Fort Pierce$2,841
    Allentown$2,838
    Fresno$2,832
    Astoria$2,829
    Oxford$2,823
    Bridgeport$2,820
    Traverse City$2,820
    Abilene$2,817
    Beaufort$2,808
    Dallas$2,805
    Minneapolis$2,784
    Great Lakes Navtracen$2,778
    Portland$2,772
    Whidbey Island$2,772
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,766
    County Cost Group 850$2,763
    Bremerton$2,754
    Rome$2,745
    Charlottesville$2,739
    Milwaukee$2,733
    Corvallis$2,721
    Dahlgren$2,721
    Coastal Maine$2,709
    Atlanta$2,703
    Reno$2,682
    Nashville$2,676
    County Cost Group 840$2,670
    Knoxville$2,667
    St. Louis$2,655
    Savannah$2,652
    Richmond$2,631
    Charleston$2,619
    Eglin AFB$2,604
    Pittsburgh$2,601
    County Cost Group 830$2,595
    Detroit$2,592
    Asheville$2,586
    Spokane$2,574
    Twenty Nine Palms MCB$2,571
    Buffalo$2,565
    Norfolk$2,562
    Elizabeth City$2,559
    Patuxent River$2,556
    Fort Collins$2,550
    Helena$2,550
    Dover AFB$2,535
    Rochester$2,532
    Houston$2,526
    Cincinnati$2,523
    Birmingham$2,520
    Dahlonega$2,508
    Wilmington$2,508
    County Cost Group 820$2,505
    Eugene$2,499
    Volusia County$2,499
    Grand Haven$2,481
    Fairbanks$2,463
    Panama City$2,460
    Barstow$2,454
    Phoenix$2,448
    Fort Stewart$2,442
    Fort Carson$2,436
    Charlotte$2,430
    Salem$2,421
    Fort Worth$2,418
    Syracuse$2,418
    Cleveland$2,415
    Hampton$2,415
    College Station$2,412
    Yakima$2,406
    Chattanooga$2,403
    County Cost Group 810$2,403
    Ocala$2,400
    Grand Rapids$2,397
    Durham$2,394
    Omaha$2,388
    Carlisle Barracks$2,385
    New Orleans$2,385
    Salt Lake City$2,385
    Battle Creek$2,379
    Gainesville$2,379
    Myrtle Beach$2,370
    Humboldt County$2,364
    Fargo$2,346
    Duluth$2,328
    Albuquerque$2,325
    Raleigh$2,319
    Eastern Shore$2,313
    Memphis$2,310
    State College$2,298
    County Cost Group 800$2,295
    Lemoore NAS$2,283
    Boise$2,280
    Louisville$2,277
    Eastern Panhandle$2,265
    Columbus$2,262
    Coos Bay$2,253
    Provo$2,247
    Jacksonville$2,241
    Rock Island$2,238
    Corpus Christi$2,235
    Cheyenne$2,232
    Ogden$2,229
    Pensacola$2,229
    Rapid City$2,226
    County Cost Group 790$2,223
    Des Moines$2,223
    Nellis AFB$2,214
    Bismarck$2,211
    Indianapolis$2,211
    Mountain Home AFB$2,196
    Fort Huachuca$2,190
    Baton Rouge$2,187
    El Centro$2,187
    Jackson$2,184
    Kansas City$2,178
    Kings Bay$2,169
    Fort Gordon$2,157
    Fort Knox$2,157
    Toledo$2,157
    Fort Leavenworth$2,151
    Fort Bliss$2,148
    Lexington$2,148
    County Cost Group 780$2,142
    Johnson City$2,139
    Fort Campbell$2,130
    Fort Wayne$2,127
    Wichita Fls$2,127
    Columbia$2,121
    Davis-Monthan AFB$2,118
    Lincoln$2,118
    Waco$2,118
    Greensboro$2,115
    Tallahassee$2,100
    Roanoke$2,091
    Huntsville$2,085
    San Antonio (JBSA)$2,085
    Bangor$2,082
    Greenville$2,082
    County Cost Group 770$2,079
    Mobile$2,076
    Morehead$2,070
    Fayetteville$2,061
    Fort Bragg$2,052
    Shreveport$2,040
    Marquette$2,034
    Sioux Falls$2,028
    Grand Forks$2,013
    Scott AFB$2,013
    Columbus AFB$2,010
    Bloomington$2,007
    County Cost Group 760$2,007
    Lexington$2,004
    Minot AFB$1,995
    Champaign$1,989
    Lansing$1,986
    Fort Benning$1,977
    Seymour Johnson AFB$1,968
    County Cost Group 750$1,959
    Sumter$1,953
    Tulsa$1,953
    Whiteman AFB$1,953
    Camp Lejeune$1,950
    Fort Hood$1,950
    Fort Drum$1,938
    Little Rock$1,932
    White Sands MR$1,932
    Akron$1,923
    Auburn$1,920
    Moody AFB$1,920
    Morgantown$1,920
    Sault Ste Marie$1,917
    Beaumont$1,914
    County Cost Group 740$1,908
    Robins AFB$1,896
    Wilkes-Barre$1,893
    Paducah$1,884
    Brownsville$1,881
    Topeka$1,878
    County Cost Group 730$1,875
    Peoria$1,869
    Holloman AFB$1,863
    Springfield$1,863
    Wright-Patterson AFB$1,863
    Goodfellow AFB$1,860
    Lafayette$1,854
    Oklahoma City$1,854
    Yuma$1,854
    County Cost Group 720$1,851
    Malmstrom SFB$1,851
    Sparta$1,848
    Fort Polk$1,839
    Frankfort$1,839
    Springfield$1,833
    Terre Haute$1,833
    County Cost Group 710$1,830
    Fallon NAS$1,827
    Lubbock$1,821
    County Cost Group 700$1,812
    Fort Rucker$1,800
    China Lake$1,794
    County Cost Group 690$1,794
    Fort Riley$1,794
    County Cost Group 680$1,785
    Huntington$1,785
    County Cost Group 670$1,773
    Charleston$1,767
    Montgomery$1,764
    County Cost Group 660$1,761
    County Cost Group 650$1,752
    Saginaw$1,749
    County Cost Group 640$1,746
    Fort Leonard Wood$1,743
    County Cost Group 630$1,737
    Laughlin AFB$1,734
    County Cost Group 620$1,728
    County Cost Group 610$1,722
    County Cost Group 600$1,713
    Wichita$1,707
    Stevens Point$1,704
    County Cost Group 590$1,701
    Fort Chaffee$1,701
    Alexandria$1,698
    Columbia$1,689
    County Cost Group 580$1,689
    Erie$1,689
    County Cost Group 570$1,677
    St Mary And Terrebonne$1,671
    County Cost Group 560$1,668
    County Cost Group 550$1,659
    Gulfport$1,653
    County Cost Group 540$1,650
    Lake Charles$1,650
    County Cost Group 530$1,644
    County Cost Group 520$1,638
    County Cost Group 510$1,635
    Monroe$1,632
    Cannon AFB$1,611
    Altus AFB$1,581
    Meridian$1,572
    Albany$1,563
    Hattiesburg$1,545
    Vance AFB$1,530
    Fort Sill$1,509
    Anniston$1,500
    Youngstown$1,362

    Alexandria is #315 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,116 a month — $49,392 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Alexandria0 – $1,962 / month
    E-1$1,089
    E-2$1,089
    E-3$1,089
    E-4$1,089
    E-5$1,161
    E-6$1,257
    E-7$1,335
    E-8$1,413
    E-9$1,530
    W-1$1,275
    W-2$1,368
    W-3$1,533
    W-4$1,698
    W-5$1,800
    O-1E$1,347
    O-2E$1,458
    O-3E$1,671
    O-1$1,212
    O-2$1,338
    O-3$1,536
    O-4$1,779
    O-5$1,872
    O-6$1,932
    O-7$1,962

    Promoting to W-5 here adds $102 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 Alexandria to Westchester County at W-4 is worth $3,780 a month — about 37 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $102 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 22% 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. $1,698 a month of BAH takes more than $1,698 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.