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-3 without dependents at Brunswick draws $2,853 per month in 2026

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    Brunswick, ME
    W-3 · without dependents
    $2,853/ month
    $34,236 / year
    At W-3, this is #71 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,301 · low Youngstown $1,341
    MHA ME136 · ZIPs 04003 04008 04011 04032 04066 04069 +69 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW3USMCCWO3NAVYCWO3
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,658 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,783 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Brunswick — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,124$1,632
    E-2$2,124$1,632
    E-3$2,124$1,632
    E-4$2,124$1,632
    E-5$2,205$1,893
    E-6$2,556$2,040
    E-7$2,997$2,247
    E-8$3,477$2,607
    E-9$3,801$2,850
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,583$2,109
    W-2$3,192$2,394
    W-3$3,783$2,853
    W-4$3,807$2,862
    W-5$3,843$3,105
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,090$2,319
    O-2E$3,696$2,772
    O-3E$3,813$2,859
    Officer
    O-1$2,253$2,037
    O-2$2,553$2,250
    O-3$3,762$2,856
    O-4$3,846$3,036
    O-5$3,894$3,312
    O-6$3,927$3,762
    O-7$3,957$3,828
    PCS compareBrunswick · W-3 · $2,853/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,619/mo · $31,428/yr
    ▼ CUT−$234−$2,808/yr · like −$3,600 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,301 / month
    San Francisco$5,301
    Edwards AFB$2,928
    Cape May$2,925
    Fort Detrick$2,886
    Tampa$2,886
    Brunswick$2,853
    New London$2,844
    Philadelphia$2,844
    Ann Arbor$2,838
    County Cost Group 870$2,838
    Youngstown$1,341

    Brunswick is #71 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,960 a month — $47,520 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Brunswick0 – $3,828 / month
    E-1$1,632
    E-2$1,632
    E-3$1,632
    E-4$1,632
    E-5$1,893
    E-6$2,040
    E-7$2,247
    E-8$2,607
    E-9$2,850
    W-1$2,109
    W-2$2,394
    W-3$2,853
    W-4$2,862
    W-5$3,105
    O-1E$2,319
    O-2E$2,772
    O-3E$2,859
    O-1$2,037
    O-2$2,250
    O-3$2,856
    O-4$3,036
    O-5$3,312
    O-6$3,762
    O-7$3,828

    Promoting to W-4 here adds $9 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 Brunswick to San Francisco at W-3 is worth $2,448 a month — about 272 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $9 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $2,853 a month of BAH takes more than $2,853 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.