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 Cheyenne draws $1,956 per month in 2026

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    Cheyenne, WY
    W-3 · without dependents
    $1,956/ month
    $23,472 / year
    At W-3, this is #225 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,301 · low Youngstown $1,341
    MHA WY324 · ZIPs 82001 82002 82003 82005 82006 82007 +10 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW3USMCCWO3NAVYCWO3
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,508 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,445 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Cheyenne — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,539$1,161
    E-2$1,539$1,161
    E-3$1,539$1,161
    E-4$1,539$1,161
    E-5$1,653$1,326
    E-6$2,217$1,662
    E-7$2,301$1,725
    E-8$2,388$1,791
    E-9$2,520$1,935
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,238$1,680
    W-2$2,334$1,764
    W-3$2,445$1,956
    W-4$2,547$2,232
    W-5$2,676$2,319
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,313$1,734
    O-2E$2,427$1,899
    O-3E$2,568$2,211
    Officer
    O-1$1,725$1,422
    O-2$2,211$1,728
    O-3$2,442$2,010
    O-4$2,715$2,298
    O-5$2,916$2,343
    O-6$2,937$2,424
    O-7$2,955$2,463
    PCS compareCheyenne · W-3 · $1,956/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,619/mo · $31,428/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$663+$7,956/yr · like +$10,200 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,301 / month
    San Francisco$5,301
    Fort Huachuca$1,974
    Fort Campbell$1,968
    Greensboro$1,968
    Lincoln$1,959
    Cheyenne$1,956
    Morehead$1,953
    Bloomington$1,950
    Huntsville$1,947
    Shreveport$1,941
    Youngstown$1,341

    Cheyenne is #225 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 Cheyenne0 – $2,463 / month
    E-1$1,161
    E-2$1,161
    E-3$1,161
    E-4$1,161
    E-5$1,326
    E-6$1,662
    E-7$1,725
    E-8$1,791
    E-9$1,935
    W-1$1,680
    W-2$1,764
    W-3$1,956
    W-4$2,232
    W-5$2,319
    O-1E$1,734
    O-2E$1,899
    O-3E$2,211
    O-1$1,422
    O-2$1,728
    O-3$2,010
    O-4$2,298
    O-5$2,343
    O-6$2,424
    O-7$2,463

    Promoting to W-4 here adds $276 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 Cheyenne to San Francisco at W-3 is worth $3,345 a month — about 12 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $276 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 25% 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. $1,956 a month of BAH takes more than $1,956 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.