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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    Dependents
    With $1,644Without $1,278

    E-3 at Corpus Christi draws $1,644 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,278 without

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    Corpus Christi, TX
    E-3 · with dependents
    $1,644/ month
    $19,728 / year
    At E-3, this is #229 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA TX275 · ZIPs 78330 78335 78336 78339 78343 78347 +45 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,108 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,278 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Corpus Christi — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareCorpus Christi · E-3 · $1,644/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$624+$7,488/yr · like +$9,600 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    College Station$1,662
    Fayetteville$1,662
    Fort Hood$1,662
    State College$1,656
    Corpus Christi$1,644
    Lincoln$1,641
    Coos Bay$1,635
    Fort Benning$1,635
    County Cost Group 770$1,632
    Youngstown$1,134

    Corpus Christi is #229 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month — $47,196 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Corpus Christi0 – $3,006 / month
    E-1$1,644
    E-2$1,644
    E-3$1,644
    E-4$1,644
    E-5$1,788
    E-6$2,217
    E-7$2,310
    E-8$2,412
    E-9$2,553
    W-1$2,238
    W-2$2,352
    W-3$2,478
    W-4$2,583
    W-5$2,718
    O-1E$2,328
    O-2E$2,457
    O-3E$2,604
    O-1$1,845
    O-2$2,214
    O-3$2,475
    O-4$2,757
    O-5$2,964
    O-6$2,988
    O-7$3,006

    Promoting to E-4 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 29% 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. $1,644 a month of BAH takes more than $1,644 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.