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 without dependents at Carlisle Barracks draws $2,139 per month in 2026

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    Carlisle Barracks, PA
    W-2 · without dependents
    $2,139/ month
    $25,668 / year
    At W-2, this is #167 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,193 · low Youngstown $1,224
    MHA PA247 · ZIPs 17001 17003 17005 17006 17007 17010 +257 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW2USMCCWO2NAVYCWO2
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,742 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,469 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Carlisle Barracks — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,902$1,431
    E-2$1,902$1,431
    E-3$1,902$1,431
    E-4$1,902$1,431
    E-5$2,076$1,617
    E-6$2,376$1,779
    E-7$2,442$1,908
    E-8$2,514$2,142
    E-9$2,643$2,223
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,394$1,854
    W-2$2,469$2,139
    W-3$2,562$2,235
    W-4$2,673$2,385
    W-5$2,811$2,457
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,451$2,073
    O-2E$2,547$2,205
    O-3E$2,694$2,367
    Officer
    O-1$2,121$1,725
    O-2$2,373$2,022
    O-3$2,559$2,265
    O-4$2,853$2,439
    O-5$3,069$2,475
    O-6$3,093$2,538
    O-7$3,114$2,580
    PCS compareCarlisle Barracks · W-2 · $2,139/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,535/mo · $30,420/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$396+$4,752/yr · like +$6,092 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-2 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,193 / month
    San Francisco$5,193
    Omaha$2,145
    Abilene$2,142
    Kings Bay$2,142
    Ogden$2,142
    Carlisle Barracks$2,139
    Raleigh$2,139
    Wilmington$2,133
    County Cost Group 810$2,130
    Duluth$2,121
    Youngstown$1,224

    Carlisle Barracks is #167 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,969 a month — $47,628 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Carlisle Barracks0 – $2,580 / month
    E-1$1,431
    E-2$1,431
    E-3$1,431
    E-4$1,431
    E-5$1,617
    E-6$1,779
    E-7$1,908
    E-8$2,142
    E-9$2,223
    W-1$1,854
    W-2$2,139
    W-3$2,235
    W-4$2,385
    W-5$2,457
    O-1E$2,073
    O-2E$2,205
    O-3E$2,367
    O-1$1,725
    O-2$2,022
    O-3$2,265
    O-4$2,439
    O-5$2,475
    O-6$2,538
    O-7$2,580

    Promoting to W-3 here adds $96 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 Carlisle Barracks to San Francisco at W-2 is worth $3,054 a month — about 32 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $96 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 15% 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. $2,139 a month of BAH takes more than $2,139 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.