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

    E-1 without dependents at Charlotte draws $1,518 per month in 2026

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    Charlotte, NC
    E-1 · without dependents
    $1,518/ month
    $18,216 / year
    At E-1, this is #170 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879
    MHA NC179 · ZIPs 28006 28012 28016 28021 28025 28026 +119 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,946 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,004 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Charlotte — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,004$1,518
    E-2$2,004$1,518
    E-3$2,004$1,518
    E-4$2,004$1,518
    E-5$2,169$1,719
    E-6$2,436$1,848
    E-7$2,457$2,007
    E-8$2,466$2,229
    E-9$2,478$2,301
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,454$1,956
    W-2$2,463$2,226
    W-3$2,475$2,313
    W-4$2,481$2,430
    W-5$2,514$2,442
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,460$2,166
    O-2E$2,469$2,283
    O-3E$2,484$2,427
    Officer
    O-1$2,211$1,833
    O-2$2,433$2,118
    O-3$2,472$2,337
    O-4$2,520$2,433
    O-5$2,577$2,445
    O-6$2,595$2,448
    O-7$2,610$2,466
    PCS compareCharlotte · E-1 · $1,518/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,875/mo · $22,500/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$357+$4,284/yr · like +$5,492 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
    New York City$4,833
    Cincinnati$1,524
    Houston$1,524
    Mountain Home AFB$1,521
    Pensacola$1,521
    Charlotte$1,518
    County Cost Group 810$1,518
    Helena$1,515
    Raleigh$1,515
    Fort Gordon$1,506
    Fort Chaffee$879

    Charlotte is #170 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month — $47,448 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Charlotte0 – $2,466 / month
    E-1$1,518
    E-2$1,518
    E-3$1,518
    E-4$1,518
    E-5$1,719
    E-6$1,848
    E-7$2,007
    E-8$2,229
    E-9$2,301
    W-1$1,956
    W-2$2,226
    W-3$2,313
    W-4$2,430
    W-5$2,442
    O-1E$2,166
    O-2E$2,283
    O-3E$2,427
    O-1$1,833
    O-2$2,118
    O-3$2,337
    O-4$2,433
    O-5$2,445
    O-6$2,448
    O-7$2,466

    Promoting to E-2 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 32% 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. $1,518 a month of BAH takes more than $1,518 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.