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-7 without dependents at College Station draws $1,875 per month in 2026

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    College Station, TX
    E-7 · without dependents
    $1,875/ month
    $22,500 / year
    At E-7, this is #183 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,088 · low Youngstown $1,131
    MHA TX274 · ZIPs 77801 77802 77803 77805 77806 77807 +10 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSFCUSMCGySgtNAVYCPOUSAFMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,404 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,499 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    College Station — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,662$1,356
    E-2$1,662$1,356
    E-3$1,662$1,356
    E-4$1,662$1,356
    E-5$1,758$1,485
    E-6$2,391$1,794
    E-7$2,499$1,875
    E-8$2,616$1,962
    E-9$2,820$2,115
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,412$1,809
    W-2$2,547$1,911
    W-3$2,688$2,118
    W-4$2,871$2,412
    W-5$3,090$2,526
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,517$1,887
    O-2E$2,667$2,034
    O-3E$2,904$2,385
    Officer
    O-1$1,836$1,563
    O-2$2,385$1,878
    O-3$2,685$2,160
    O-4$3,165$2,499
    O-5$3,513$2,634
    O-6$3,540$2,667
    O-7$3,567$2,712
    PCS compareCollege Station · E-7 · $1,875/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,274/mo · $27,288/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$399+$4,788/yr · like +$6,138 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-7 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,088 / month
    New York City$5,088
    Eastern Panhandle$1,902
    Omaha$1,893
    Humboldt County$1,884
    Salem$1,884
    College Station$1,875
    Yakima$1,875
    Chattanooga$1,863
    Kansas City$1,848
    Boise$1,842
    Youngstown$1,131

    College Station is #183 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,957 a month — $47,484 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at College Station0 – $2,712 / month
    E-1$1,356
    E-2$1,356
    E-3$1,356
    E-4$1,356
    E-5$1,485
    E-6$1,794
    E-7$1,875
    E-8$1,962
    E-9$2,115
    W-1$1,809
    W-2$1,911
    W-3$2,118
    W-4$2,412
    W-5$2,526
    O-1E$1,887
    O-2E$2,034
    O-3E$2,385
    O-1$1,563
    O-2$1,878
    O-3$2,160
    O-4$2,499
    O-5$2,634
    O-6$2,667
    O-7$2,712

    Promoting to E-8 here adds $87 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 College Station to New York City at E-7 is worth $3,213 a month — about 37 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $87 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $1,875 a month of BAH takes more than $1,875 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.