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-2 without dependents at Allentown draws $2,469 per month in 2026

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    Allentown/Bethlehem, PA
    W-2 · without dependents
    $2,469/ month
    $29,628 / year
    At W-2, this is #102 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,193 · low Youngstown $1,224
    MHA PA255 · ZIPs 18001 18002 18003 18005 18011 18013 +67 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,165 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,871 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-2 · $2,469/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,535/mo · $30,420/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$66+$792/yr · like +$1,015 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-2 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,193 / month
    San Francisco$5,193
    Beaufort$2,487
    St. Louis$2,484
    Hampden County$2,481
    County Cost Group 850$2,478
    Allentown$2,469
    Savannah$2,463
    Birmingham$2,460
    Norfolk$2,460
    Portland$2,457
    Youngstown$1,224

    Allentown is #102 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,969 a month — $47,628 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-3 here adds $156 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 San Francisco at W-2 is worth $2,724 a month — about 17 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $156 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 16% 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. $2,469 a month of BAH takes more than $2,469 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.