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 Charlottesville draws $2,442 per month in 2026

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    Charlottesville, VA
    W-2 · without dependents
    $2,442/ month
    $29,304 / year
    At W-2, this is #111 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,193 · low Youngstown $1,224
    MHA VA295 · ZIPs 22901 22902 22903 22904 22905 22906 +18 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW2USMCCWO2NAVYCWO2
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,131 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,889 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Charlottesville — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,259$1,845
    E-2$2,259$1,845
    E-3$2,259$1,845
    E-4$2,259$1,845
    E-5$2,373$2,034
    E-6$2,715$2,151
    E-7$2,835$2,259
    E-8$2,964$2,445
    E-9$3,129$2,541
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,733$2,232
    W-2$2,889$2,442
    W-3$3,048$2,556
    W-4$3,156$2,739
    W-5$3,291$2,865
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,856$2,370
    O-2E$3,024$2,520
    O-3E$3,177$2,706
    Officer
    O-1$2,421$2,142
    O-2$2,712$2,340
    O-3$3,045$2,589
    O-4$3,333$2,838
    O-5$3,540$2,907
    O-6$3,567$3,027
    O-7$3,594$3,081
    PCS compareCharlottesville · W-2 · $2,442/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,535/mo · $30,420/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$93+$1,116/yr · like +$1,431 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-2 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,193 / month
    San Francisco$5,193
    Atlanta$2,454
    Corvallis$2,454
    Eglin AFB$2,454
    Reno$2,451
    Charlottesville$2,442
    Bremerton$2,439
    Patuxent River$2,439
    Charleston$2,436
    Richmond$2,415
    Youngstown$1,224

    Charlottesville is #111 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 Charlottesville0 – $3,081 / month
    E-1$1,845
    E-2$1,845
    E-3$1,845
    E-4$1,845
    E-5$2,034
    E-6$2,151
    E-7$2,259
    E-8$2,445
    E-9$2,541
    W-1$2,232
    W-2$2,442
    W-3$2,556
    W-4$2,739
    W-5$2,865
    O-1E$2,370
    O-2E$2,520
    O-3E$2,706
    O-1$2,142
    O-2$2,340
    O-3$2,589
    O-4$2,838
    O-5$2,907
    O-6$3,027
    O-7$3,081

    Promoting to W-3 here adds $114 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 Charlottesville to San Francisco at W-2 is worth $2,751 a month — about 24 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $114 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 18% 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. $2,442 a month of BAH takes more than $2,442 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.