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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    Dependents
    With $4,287Without $3,759

    O-7 at Boulder draws $4,287 per month with dependents in 2026, $3,759 without

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    Boulder, CO
    O-7 · with dependents
    $4,287/ month
    $51,444 / year
    At O-7, this is #50 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $8,208 · low Youngstown $1,845
    MHA CO422 · ZIPs 80025 80026 80027 80038 80301 80302 +21 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$5,496 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$3,759 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Boulder — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareBoulder · O-7 · $4,287/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,687/mo · $44,244/yr
    ▼ CUT$600−$7,200/yr · like −$9,231 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $8,208 / month
    Westchester County$8,208
    Vandenberg SFB$4,425
    Atlantic City$4,365
    Indian Head Navordsta$4,344
    Hawaii County$4,332
    Boulder$4,287
    County Cost Group 880$4,203
    Ann Arbor$4,191
    JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst$4,188
    Annapolis$4,164
    Youngstown$1,845

    Boulder is #50 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $6,363 a month — $76,356 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Boulder0 – $4,287 / month
    E-1$2,565
    E-2$2,565
    E-3$2,565
    E-4$2,565
    E-5$2,754
    E-6$3,342
    E-7$3,477
    E-8$3,621
    E-9$3,795
    W-1$3,363
    W-2$3,537
    W-3$3,714
    W-4$3,825
    W-5$3,963
    O-1E$3,501
    O-2E$3,687
    O-3E$3,846
    O-1$2,829
    O-2$3,336
    O-3$3,711
    O-4$4,005
    O-5$4,218
    O-6$4,254
    O-7$4,287

    Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 14% 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. $4,287 a month of BAH takes more than $4,287 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.