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 Austin draws $2,121 per month in 2026

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    Austin, TX
    W-1 · without dependents
    $2,121/ month
    $25,452 / year
    At W-1, this is #120 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,085 · low Youngstown $1,128
    MHA TX272 · ZIPs 73301 73344 76527 76530 76537 76573 +107 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,719 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,826 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Austin — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,046$1,536
    E-2$2,046$1,536
    E-3$2,046$1,536
    E-4$2,046$1,536
    E-5$2,241$1,731
    E-6$2,802$2,103
    E-7$3,039$2,280
    E-8$3,294$2,472
    E-9$3,558$2,670
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,826$2,121
    W-2$3,141$2,355
    W-3$3,456$2,673
    W-4$3,597$2,856
    W-5$3,771$3,096
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,087$2,316
    O-2E$3,408$2,556
    O-3E$3,624$2,796
    Officer
    O-1$2,313$1,848
    O-2$2,796$2,283
    O-3$3,447$2,676
    O-4$3,825$3,054
    O-5$4,095$3,198
    O-6$4,131$3,435
    O-7$4,161$3,495
    PCS compareAustin · W-1 · $2,121/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,205/mo · $26,460/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$84+$1,008/yr · like +$1,292 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,085 / month
    New York City$5,085
    Dover AFB$2,133
    Great Lakes Navtracen$2,133
    Abilene$2,130
    County Cost Group 840$2,124
    Austin$2,121
    Bridgeport$2,121
    Traverse City$2,118
    Dahlonega$2,115
    Astoria$2,112
    Youngstown$1,128

    Austin is #120 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 Austin0 – $3,495 / month
    E-1$1,536
    E-2$1,536
    E-3$1,536
    E-4$1,536
    E-5$1,731
    E-6$2,103
    E-7$2,280
    E-8$2,472
    E-9$2,670
    W-1$2,121
    W-2$2,355
    W-3$2,673
    W-4$2,856
    W-5$3,096
    O-1E$2,316
    O-2E$2,556
    O-3E$2,796
    O-1$1,848
    O-2$2,283
    O-3$2,676
    O-4$3,054
    O-5$3,198
    O-6$3,435
    O-7$3,495

    Promoting to W-2 here adds $234 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 Austin to New York City at W-1 is worth $2,964 a month — about 13 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $234 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $2,121 a month of BAH takes more than $2,121 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.