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
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    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 Beale AFB draws $2,661 per month in 2026

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    Beale AFB, CA
    W-1 · without dependents
    $2,661/ month
    $31,932 / year
    At W-1, this is #55 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,085 · low Youngstown $1,128
    MHA CA033 · ZIPs 95602 95603 95604 95648 95650 95658 +73 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,412 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,147 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Beale AFB — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,733$2,133
    E-2$2,733$2,133
    E-3$2,733$2,133
    E-4$2,733$2,133
    E-5$2,967$2,367
    E-6$3,132$2,523
    E-7$3,150$2,742
    E-8$3,159$3,006
    E-9$3,195$3,042
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,147$2,661
    W-2$3,156$3,003
    W-3$3,168$3,051
    W-4$3,216$3,123
    W-5$3,315$3,132
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,153$2,964
    O-2E$3,162$3,033
    O-3E$3,231$3,120
    Officer
    O-1$2,994$2,496
    O-2$3,129$2,892
    O-3$3,165$3,066
    O-4$3,342$3,126
    O-5$3,492$3,135
    O-6$3,522$3,138
    O-7$3,546$3,171
    PCS compareBeale AFB · W-1 · $2,661/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,205/mo · $26,460/yr
    ▼ CUT−$456−$5,472/yr · like −$7,015 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,085 / month
    New York City$5,085
    Annapolis$2,709
    Fort G. G. Meade$2,694
    JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst$2,691
    Willow Grove$2,670
    Beale AFB$2,661
    Quantico$2,661
    Newport$2,637
    County Cost Group 880$2,610
    Santa Fe$2,577
    Youngstown$1,128

    Beale AFB is #55 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 Beale AFB0 – $3,171 / month
    E-1$2,133
    E-2$2,133
    E-3$2,133
    E-4$2,133
    E-5$2,367
    E-6$2,523
    E-7$2,742
    E-8$3,006
    E-9$3,042
    W-1$2,661
    W-2$3,003
    W-3$3,051
    W-4$3,123
    W-5$3,132
    O-1E$2,964
    O-2E$3,033
    O-3E$3,120
    O-1$2,496
    O-2$2,892
    O-3$3,066
    O-4$3,126
    O-5$3,135
    O-6$3,138
    O-7$3,171

    Promoting to W-2 here adds $342 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 Beale AFB to New York City at W-1 is worth $2,424 a month — about 7 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $342 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 18% 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. $2,661 a month of BAH takes more than $2,661 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.