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 $2,922Without $2,349

    W-1 at Baltimore draws $2,922 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,349 without

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    Baltimore, MD
    W-1 · with dependents
    $2,922/ month
    $35,064 / year
    At W-1, this is #81 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,472 · low Youngstown $1,350
    MHA MD129 · ZIPs 20588 20723 20759 20777 21013 21020 +116 more
    Your grade is calledARMYWO1USMCWONAVYWO1
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,746 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,349 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Baltimore — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,409$1,857
    E-2$2,409$1,857
    E-3$2,409$1,857
    E-4$2,409$1,857
    E-5$2,610$2,079
    E-6$2,904$2,226
    E-7$2,994$2,415
    E-8$3,093$2,673
    E-9$3,246$2,754
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,922$2,349
    W-2$3,036$2,670
    W-3$3,159$2,766
    W-4$3,279$2,919
    W-5$3,429$3,015
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,009$2,607
    O-2E$3,138$2,736
    O-3E$3,303$2,895
    Officer
    O-1$2,652$2,205
    O-2$2,901$2,547
    O-3$3,156$2,793
    O-4$3,477$2,994
    O-5$3,711$3,045
    O-6$3,741$3,138
    O-7$3,768$3,192
    PCS compareBaltimore · W-1 · $2,922/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,760/mo · $33,120/yr
    ▼ CUT−$162−$1,944/yr · like −$2,492 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,472 / month
    San Francisco$5,472
    Outer Banks$2,964
    Stockton$2,955
    JB Lewis-McChord$2,940
    Fort Myers Beach$2,937
    Baltimore$2,922
    Madison$2,910
    Patrick SFB$2,904
    JB Elmendorf-Richardson$2,895
    Ketchikan$2,889
    Youngstown$1,350

    Baltimore is #81 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,122 a month — $49,464 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Baltimore0 – $3,768 / month
    E-1$2,409
    E-2$2,409
    E-3$2,409
    E-4$2,409
    E-5$2,610
    E-6$2,904
    E-7$2,994
    E-8$3,093
    E-9$3,246
    W-1$2,922
    W-2$3,036
    W-3$3,159
    W-4$3,279
    W-5$3,429
    O-1E$3,009
    O-2E$3,138
    O-3E$3,303
    O-1$2,652
    O-2$2,901
    O-3$3,156
    O-4$3,477
    O-5$3,711
    O-6$3,741
    O-7$3,768

    Promoting to W-2 here adds $114 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 Baltimore to San Francisco at W-1 is worth $2,550 a month — about 22 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $114 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. $2,922 a month of BAH takes more than $2,922 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.