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
    With $2,175Without $1,929

    W-2 at Columbia draws $2,175 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,929 without

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    Columbia/Fort Jackson, SC
    W-2 · with dependents
    $2,175/ month
    $26,100 / year
    At W-2, this is #232 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,036 · low Youngstown $1,560
    MHA SC260 · ZIPs 29002 29006 29009 29016 29020 29021 +60 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW2USMCCWO2NAVYCWO2
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,788 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,929 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Columbia — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,812$1,479
    E-2$1,812$1,479
    E-3$1,812$1,479
    E-4$1,812$1,479
    E-5$1,878$1,647
    E-6$2,121$1,746
    E-7$2,160$1,812
    E-8$2,202$1,932
    E-9$2,310$1,995
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,136$1,803
    W-2$2,175$1,929
    W-3$2,235$2,004
    W-4$2,340$2,121
    W-5$2,475$2,166
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,163$1,875
    O-2E$2,223$1,980
    O-3E$2,361$2,109
    Officer
    O-1$1,914$1,743
    O-2$2,118$1,860
    O-3$2,232$2,028
    O-4$2,517$2,151
    O-5$2,724$2,172
    O-6$2,745$2,211
    O-7$2,760$2,247
    PCS compareColumbia · W-2 · $2,175/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,916/mo · $34,992/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$741+$8,892/yr · like +$11,400 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
    Westchester County$6,036
    Greensboro$2,184
    County Cost Group 770$2,178
    Fort Bliss$2,178
    Lexington$2,178
    Columbia$2,175
    Fort Wayne$2,166
    Davis-Monthan AFB$2,157
    Huntsville$2,154
    Shreveport$2,151
    Youngstown$1,560

    Columbia is #232 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,476 a month — $53,712 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Columbia0 – $2,760 / month
    E-1$1,812
    E-2$1,812
    E-3$1,812
    E-4$1,812
    E-5$1,878
    E-6$2,121
    E-7$2,160
    E-8$2,202
    E-9$2,310
    W-1$2,136
    W-2$2,175
    W-3$2,235
    W-4$2,340
    W-5$2,475
    O-1E$2,163
    O-2E$2,223
    O-3E$2,361
    O-1$1,914
    O-2$2,118
    O-3$2,232
    O-4$2,517
    O-5$2,724
    O-6$2,745
    O-7$2,760

    Promoting to W-3 here adds $60 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 Columbia to Westchester County at W-2 is worth $3,861 a month — about 64 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $60 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 13% 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. $2,175 a month of BAH takes more than $2,175 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.