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 Baton Rouge draws $1,734 per month in 2026

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    Baton Rouge, LA
    W-1 · without dependents
    $1,734/ month
    $20,808 / year
    At W-1, this is #204 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,085 · low Youngstown $1,128
    MHA LA114 · ZIPs 70346 70449 70462 70704 70706 70707 +67 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,223 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,211 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Baton Rouge — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,761$1,410
    E-2$1,761$1,410
    E-3$1,761$1,410
    E-4$1,761$1,410
    E-5$1,875$1,557
    E-6$2,193$1,653
    E-7$2,214$1,764
    E-8$2,223$1,944
    E-9$2,289$2,031
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,211$1,734
    W-2$2,220$1,941
    W-3$2,232$2,046
    W-4$2,322$2,187
    W-5$2,472$2,196
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,217$1,872
    O-2E$2,226$2,013
    O-3E$2,346$2,184
    Officer
    O-1$1,920$1,644
    O-2$2,190$1,842
    O-3$2,229$2,076
    O-4$2,517$2,190
    O-5$2,748$2,199
    O-6$2,769$2,202
    O-7$2,787$2,217
    PCS compareBaton Rouge · W-1 · $1,734/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,205/mo · $26,460/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$471+$5,652/yr · like +$7,246 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,085 / month
    New York City$5,085
    Louisville$1,758
    Greenville$1,749
    Rapid City$1,746
    Little Rock$1,740
    Baton Rouge$1,734
    Fort Wayne$1,734
    Fort Campbell$1,731
    County Cost Group 790$1,728
    Fort Leavenworth$1,725
    Youngstown$1,128

    Baton Rouge is #204 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 Baton Rouge0 – $2,217 / month
    E-1$1,410
    E-2$1,410
    E-3$1,410
    E-4$1,410
    E-5$1,557
    E-6$1,653
    E-7$1,764
    E-8$1,944
    E-9$2,031
    W-1$1,734
    W-2$1,941
    W-3$2,046
    W-4$2,187
    W-5$2,196
    O-1E$1,872
    O-2E$2,013
    O-3E$2,184
    O-1$1,644
    O-2$1,842
    O-3$2,076
    O-4$2,190
    O-5$2,199
    O-6$2,202
    O-7$2,217

    Promoting to W-2 here adds $207 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 Baton Rouge to New York City at W-1 is worth $3,351 a month — about 16 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $207 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 28% 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. $1,734 a month of BAH takes more than $1,734 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.