What is W-3 BAH at Beaufort in 2026?

$2,859 per month with dependents ($34,308 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. without dependents it is $2,622 per month.

Does BAH count as taxable income?

No. BAH is excluded from federal taxable income, so a given BAH amount is worth more than the same figure in basic pay.

What happens if my BAH rate drops this year?

BAH rate protection holds you at the prior year's amount as long as your duty location, pay grade and dependency status stay the same. The lower rate applies to members arriving on new orders.

W-3 BAH at Beaufort 2026 — $2,859/mo with dependents

Basic Allowance for Housing by duty station, pay grade and dependency status. Official DoD rates, no login, no email.

Beaufort/Parris Island, SC

W-3 · with dependents

$2,859/ month

$34,308 / year

At W-3, this is #118 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,654 · low Anniston $1,689

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,665 / mo gross

Other dependency status here$2,622 without dependents

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Beaufort — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$2,319	$1,875
E-2	$2,319	$1,875
E-3	$2,319	$1,875
E-4	$2,319	$1,875
E-5	$2,403	$2,103
E-6	$2,811	$2,235
E-7	$2,835	$2,319
E-8	$2,844	$2,490
E-9	$2,949	$2,607
Warrant officer
W-1	$2,832	$2,304
W-2	$2,841	$2,487
W-3	$2,859	$2,622
W-4	$2,982	$2,808
W-5	$3,141	$2,829
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$2,838	$2,400
O-2E	$2,850	$2,580
O-3E	$3,009	$2,805
Officer
O-1	$2,457	$2,232
O-2	$2,808	$2,379
O-3	$2,856	$2,661
O-4	$3,192	$2,817
O-5	$3,438	$2,832
O-6	$3,465	$2,835
O-7	$3,489	$2,883

What this rate means

W-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,654 / month

Westchester County$6,654

Rome$2,883

Coastal Maine$2,871

Corvallis$2,868

Abilene$2,862

Beaufort$2,859

Dallas$2,850

Dahlgren$2,847

Spokane$2,847

Humboldt County$2,844

Anniston$1,689

Beaufort is #118 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 Beaufort0 – $3,489 / month

E-1$2,319

E-2$2,319

E-3$2,319

E-4$2,319

E-5$2,403

E-6$2,811

E-7$2,835

E-8$2,844

E-9$2,949

W-1$2,832

W-2$2,841

W-3$2,859

W-4$2,982

W-5$3,141

O-1E$2,838

O-2E$2,850

O-3E$3,009

O-1$2,457

O-2$2,808

O-3$2,856

O-4$3,192

O-5$3,438

O-6$3,465

O-7$3,489

Promoting to W-4 here adds $123 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Beaufort to Westchester County at W-3 is worth $3,795 a month — about 31 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $123 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 9% 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.

None of it is taxed. $2,859 a month of BAH takes more than $2,859 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

Things the rate table doesn't tell you

“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.

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.

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.

W-3 with dependents at Beaufort draws $2,859 per month in 2026

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you