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

    W-1 without dependents at Allentown draws $2,232 per month in 2026

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    Allentown/Bethlehem, PA
    W-1 · without dependents
    $2,232/ month
    $26,784 / year
    At W-1, this is #95 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,085 · low Youngstown $1,128
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,862 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,862 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Allentown — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,259$1,749
    E-2$2,259$1,749
    E-3$2,259$1,749
    E-4$2,259$1,749
    E-5$2,373$2,001
    E-6$2,841$2,151
    E-7$2,865$2,262
    E-8$2,874$2,472
    E-9$2,955$2,607
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,862$2,232
    W-2$2,871$2,469
    W-3$2,883$2,625
    W-4$2,991$2,838
    W-5$3,156$2,850
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,868$2,370
    O-2E$2,877$2,577
    O-3E$3,015$2,835
    Officer
    O-1$2,436$2,142
    O-2$2,835$2,340
    O-3$2,880$2,670
    O-4$3,207$2,841
    O-5$3,465$2,853
    O-6$3,492$2,856
    O-7$3,516$2,883
    PCS compareAllentown · W-1 · $2,232/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,205/mo · $26,460/yr
    ▼ CUT−$27−$324/yr · like −$415 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,085 / month
    New York City$5,085
    Patrick SFB$2,274
    Bremerton$2,244
    Elizabeth City$2,241
    Hampden County$2,241
    Allentown$2,232
    Charlottesville$2,232
    Patuxent River$2,232
    Atlanta$2,226
    Oxford$2,220
    Youngstown$1,128

    Allentown is #95 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,957 a month — $47,484 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Allentown0 – $2,883 / month
    E-1$1,749
    E-2$1,749
    E-3$1,749
    E-4$1,749
    E-5$2,001
    E-6$2,151
    E-7$2,262
    E-8$2,472
    E-9$2,607
    W-1$2,232
    W-2$2,469
    W-3$2,625
    W-4$2,838
    W-5$2,850
    O-1E$2,370
    O-2E$2,577
    O-3E$2,835
    O-1$2,142
    O-2$2,340
    O-3$2,670
    O-4$2,841
    O-5$2,853
    O-6$2,856
    O-7$2,883

    Promoting to W-2 here adds $237 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 Allentown to New York City at W-1 is worth $2,853 a month — about 12 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $237 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 28% 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. $2,232 a month of BAH takes more than $2,232 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.