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 $2,421Without $1,881

    W-3 at Auburn draws $2,421 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,881 without

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    Auburn, AL
    W-3 · with dependents
    $2,421/ month
    $29,052 / year
    At W-3, this is #198 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,654 · low Anniston $1,689
    MHA AL006 · ZIPs 36801 36803 36804 36830 36831 36832 +8 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW3USMCCWO3NAVYCWO3
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,104 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,881 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Auburn — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,617$1,407
    E-2$1,617$1,407
    E-3$1,617$1,407
    E-4$1,617$1,407
    E-5$1,707$1,473
    E-6$1,833$1,527
    E-7$2,043$1,617
    E-8$2,274$1,740
    E-9$2,502$1,878
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,851$1,596
    W-2$2,136$1,737
    W-3$2,421$1,881
    W-4$2,532$1,920
    W-5$2,673$2,094
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,085$1,704
    O-2E$2,379$1,785
    O-3E$2,556$1,917
    Officer
    O-1$1,731$1,521
    O-2$1,830$1,680
    O-3$2,412$1,884
    O-4$2,718$2,055
    O-5$2,934$2,202
    O-6$2,955$2,400
    O-7$2,976$2,439
    PCS compareAuburn · W-3 · $2,421/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,075/mo · $36,900/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$654+$7,848/yr · like +$10,062 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,654 / month
    Westchester County$6,654
    County Cost Group 790$2,436
    Des Moines$2,436
    Fort Knox$2,424
    Morehead$2,424
    Auburn$2,421
    Kings Bay$2,421
    Eastern Shore$2,409
    Albuquerque$2,400
    Fort Leavenworth$2,397
    Anniston$1,689

    Auburn is #198 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,965 a month — $59,580 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Auburn0 – $2,976 / month
    E-1$1,617
    E-2$1,617
    E-3$1,617
    E-4$1,617
    E-5$1,707
    E-6$1,833
    E-7$2,043
    E-8$2,274
    E-9$2,502
    W-1$1,851
    W-2$2,136
    W-3$2,421
    W-4$2,532
    W-5$2,673
    O-1E$2,085
    O-2E$2,379
    O-3E$2,556
    O-1$1,731
    O-2$1,830
    O-3$2,412
    O-4$2,718
    O-5$2,934
    O-6$2,955
    O-7$2,976

    Promoting to W-4 here adds $111 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 Auburn to Westchester County at W-3 is worth $4,233 a month — about 38 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $111 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 29% 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. $2,421 a month of BAH takes more than $2,421 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.