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 $1,173Without $948

    E-4 at Altus AFB draws $1,173 per month with dependents in 2026, $948 without

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    Altus AFB, OK
    E-4 · with dependents
    $1,173/ month
    $14,076 / year
    At E-4, this is #334 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA OK235 · ZIPs 73521 73522 73523 73526 73532 73537 +4 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,504 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$948 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Altus AFB — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,173$948
    E-2$1,173$948
    E-3$1,173$948
    E-4$1,173$948
    E-5$1,254$1,032
    E-6$1,563$1,170
    E-7$1,662$1,248
    E-8$1,767$1,326
    E-9$1,917$1,437
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,581$1,188
    W-2$1,704$1,320
    W-3$1,836$1,440
    W-4$1,947$1,581
    W-5$2,088$1,686
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,680$1,260
    O-2E$1,818$1,386
    O-3E$1,971$1,554
    Officer
    O-1$1,299$1,086
    O-2$1,560$1,251
    O-3$1,833$1,449
    O-4$2,130$1,662
    O-5$2,343$1,758
    O-6$2,358$1,815
    O-7$2,373$1,845
    PCS compareAltus AFB · E-4 · $1,173/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,095+$13,140/yr · like +$16,846 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    Fort Polk$1,206
    Fort Sill$1,203
    Meridian$1,194
    Anniston$1,176
    Altus AFB$1,173
    Fort Chaffee$1,173
    Vance AFB$1,155
    Monroe$1,143
    Youngstown$1,134

    Altus AFB is #334 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month — $47,196 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Altus AFB0 – $2,373 / month
    E-1$1,173
    E-2$1,173
    E-3$1,173
    E-4$1,173
    E-5$1,254
    E-6$1,563
    E-7$1,662
    E-8$1,767
    E-9$1,917
    W-1$1,581
    W-2$1,704
    W-3$1,836
    W-4$1,947
    W-5$2,088
    O-1E$1,680
    O-2E$1,818
    O-3E$1,971
    O-1$1,299
    O-2$1,560
    O-3$1,833
    O-4$2,130
    O-5$2,343
    O-6$2,358
    O-7$2,373

    Promoting to E-5 here adds $81 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 Altus AFB to New York City at E-4 is worth $3,894 a month — about 48 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $81 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 24% 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. $1,173 a month of BAH takes more than $1,173 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.