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
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    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 Cleveland draws $2,085 per month in 2026

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    Cleveland, OH
    W-2 · without dependents
    $2,085/ month
    $25,020 / year
    At W-2, this is #179 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,193 · low Youngstown $1,224
    MHA OH229 · ZIPs 44001 44011 44012 44017 44021 44022 +97 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW2USMCCWO2NAVYCWO2
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,673 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,448 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Cleveland — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,791$1,344
    E-2$1,791$1,344
    E-3$1,791$1,344
    E-4$1,791$1,344
    E-5$1,998$1,500
    E-6$2,418$1,815
    E-7$2,442$1,833
    E-8$2,451$2,088
    E-9$2,559$2,208
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,439$1,830
    W-2$2,448$2,085
    W-3$2,460$2,226
    W-4$2,604$2,415
    W-5$2,817$2,427
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,445$1,995
    O-2E$2,454$2,181
    O-3E$2,637$2,412
    Officer
    O-1$2,055$1,578
    O-2$2,415$1,932
    O-3$2,457$2,265
    O-4$2,889$2,418
    O-5$3,222$2,430
    O-6$3,246$2,436
    O-7$3,267$2,451
    PCS compareCleveland · W-2 · $2,085/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,535/mo · $30,420/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$450+$5,400/yr · like +$6,923 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-2 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,193 / month
    San Francisco$5,193
    Nellis AFB$2,100
    Provo$2,094
    Twenty Nine Palms MCB$2,094
    Barstow$2,088
    Cleveland$2,085
    Salem$2,085
    Chattanooga$2,070
    Toledo$2,061
    Louisville$2,049
    Youngstown$1,224

    Cleveland is #179 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 Cleveland0 – $2,451 / month
    E-1$1,344
    E-2$1,344
    E-3$1,344
    E-4$1,344
    E-5$1,500
    E-6$1,815
    E-7$1,833
    E-8$2,088
    E-9$2,208
    W-1$1,830
    W-2$2,085
    W-3$2,226
    W-4$2,415
    W-5$2,427
    O-1E$1,995
    O-2E$2,181
    O-3E$2,412
    O-1$1,578
    O-2$1,932
    O-3$2,265
    O-4$2,418
    O-5$2,430
    O-6$2,436
    O-7$2,451

    Promoting to W-3 here adds $141 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 Cleveland to San Francisco at W-2 is worth $3,108 a month — about 22 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $141 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 17% 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. $2,085 a month of BAH takes more than $2,085 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.