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

    O-3 without dependents at Bloomington draws $1,953 per month in 2026

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    Bloomington, IN
    O-3 · without dependents
    $1,953/ month
    $23,436 / year
    At O-3, this is #234 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,331 · low Youngstown $1,344
    MHA IN399 · ZIPs 47401 47402 47403 47404 47405 47406 +22 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,504 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,469 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Bloomington — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,755$1,317
    E-2$1,755$1,317
    E-3$1,755$1,317
    E-4$1,755$1,317
    E-5$1,905$1,482
    E-6$1,956$1,617
    E-7$2,139$1,761
    E-8$2,343$1,923
    E-9$2,595$1,947
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,971$1,716
    W-2$2,223$1,920
    W-3$2,475$1,950
    W-4$2,640$2,007
    W-5$2,841$2,187
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,175$1,902
    O-2E$2,439$1,926
    O-3E$2,673$2,004
    Officer
    O-1$1,920$1,602
    O-2$1,953$1,860
    O-3$2,469$1,953
    O-4$2,910$2,184
    O-5$3,225$2,418
    O-6$3,249$2,454
    O-7$3,273$2,496
    PCS compareBloomington · O-3 · $1,953/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,643/mo · $31,716/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$690+$8,280/yr · like +$10,615 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,331 / month
    San Francisco$5,331
    Waco$1,971
    Fort Bragg$1,956
    Fort Knox$1,956
    Shreveport$1,956
    Bloomington$1,953
    County Cost Group 770$1,950
    Fayetteville$1,944
    Marquette$1,935
    Johnson City$1,914
    Youngstown$1,344

    Bloomington is #234 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,987 a month — $47,844 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Bloomington0 – $2,496 / month
    E-1$1,317
    E-2$1,317
    E-3$1,317
    E-4$1,317
    E-5$1,482
    E-6$1,617
    E-7$1,761
    E-8$1,923
    E-9$1,947
    W-1$1,716
    W-2$1,920
    W-3$1,950
    W-4$2,007
    W-5$2,187
    O-1E$1,902
    O-2E$1,926
    O-3E$2,004
    O-1$1,602
    O-2$1,860
    O-3$1,953
    O-4$2,184
    O-5$2,418
    O-6$2,454
    O-7$2,496

    Promoting to O-4 here adds $231 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 Bloomington to San Francisco at O-3 is worth $3,378 a month — about 15 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $231 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 26% 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. $1,953 a month of BAH takes more than $1,953 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.