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 Columbus AFB draws $1,722 per month in 2026

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    Columbus AFB, MS
    W-3 · without dependents
    $1,722/ month
    $20,664 / year
    At W-3, this is #277 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,301 · low Youngstown $1,341
    MHA MS169 · ZIPs 39701 39702 39703 39704 39705 39710 +8 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW3USMCCWO3NAVYCWO3
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,208 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,184 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Columbus AFB — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,302$1,098
    E-2$1,302$1,098
    E-3$1,302$1,098
    E-4$1,302$1,098
    E-5$1,398$1,158
    E-6$1,998$1,500
    E-7$2,067$1,551
    E-8$2,136$1,602
    E-9$2,232$1,701
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,019$1,515
    W-2$2,094$1,572
    W-3$2,184$1,722
    W-4$2,250$2,010
    W-5$2,337$2,079
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,076$1,557
    O-2E$2,169$1,659
    O-3E$2,265$1,992
    Officer
    O-1$1,476$1,203
    O-2$1,992$1,554
    O-3$2,181$1,779
    O-4$2,361$2,061
    O-5$2,493$2,097
    O-6$2,511$2,160
    O-7$2,526$2,196
    PCS compareColumbus AFB · W-3 · $1,722/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,619/mo · $31,428/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$897+$10,764/yr · like +$13,800 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,301 / month
    San Francisco$5,301
    Holloman AFB$1,737
    Moody AFB$1,737
    Beaumont$1,731
    Peoria$1,725
    Columbus AFB$1,722
    County Cost Group 730$1,722
    Lafayette$1,722
    Montgomery$1,719
    Goodfellow AFB$1,716
    Youngstown$1,341

    Columbus AFB is #277 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 Columbus AFB0 – $2,196 / month
    E-1$1,098
    E-2$1,098
    E-3$1,098
    E-4$1,098
    E-5$1,158
    E-6$1,500
    E-7$1,551
    E-8$1,602
    E-9$1,701
    W-1$1,515
    W-2$1,572
    W-3$1,722
    W-4$2,010
    W-5$2,079
    O-1E$1,557
    O-2E$1,659
    O-3E$1,992
    O-1$1,203
    O-2$1,554
    O-3$1,779
    O-4$2,061
    O-5$2,097
    O-6$2,160
    O-7$2,196

    Promoting to W-4 here adds $288 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 Columbus AFB to San Francisco at W-3 is worth $3,579 a month — about 12 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $288 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 27% 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. $1,722 a month of BAH takes more than $1,722 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.