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-2 with dependents at Bloomington draws $2,223 per month in 2026

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    Bloomington, IN
    W-2 · with dependents
    $2,223/ month
    $26,676 / year
    At W-2, this is #217 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,036 · low Youngstown $1,560
    MHA IN399 · ZIPs 47401 47402 47403 47404 47405 47406 +22 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW2USMCCWO2NAVYCWO2
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,850 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,920 without 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 · W-2 · $2,223/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,916/mo · $34,992/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$693+$8,316/yr · like +$10,662 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
    Westchester County$6,036
    Kansas City$2,244
    Waco$2,244
    Johnson City$2,241
    Morehead$2,241
    Bloomington$2,223
    Fort Huachuca$2,223
    Wichita Fls$2,223
    Baton Rouge$2,220
    Fayetteville$2,205
    Youngstown$1,560

    Bloomington is #217 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,476 a month — $53,712 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Bloomington0 – $3,273 / month
    E-1$1,755
    E-2$1,755
    E-3$1,755
    E-4$1,755
    E-5$1,905
    E-6$1,956
    E-7$2,139
    E-8$2,343
    E-9$2,595
    W-1$1,971
    W-2$2,223
    W-3$2,475
    W-4$2,640
    W-5$2,841
    O-1E$2,175
    O-2E$2,439
    O-3E$2,673
    O-1$1,920
    O-2$1,953
    O-3$2,469
    O-4$2,910
    O-5$3,225
    O-6$3,249
    O-7$3,273

    Promoting to W-3 here adds $252 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 Westchester County at W-2 is worth $3,813 a month — about 15 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $252 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 16% 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. $2,223 a month of BAH takes more than $2,223 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.