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

    O-2 without dependents at Corpus Christi draws $1,743 per month in 2026

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    Corpus Christi, TX
    O-2 · without dependents
    $1,743/ month
    $20,916 / year
    At O-2, this is #230 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,091 · low Youngstown $1,176
    MHA TX275 · ZIPs 78330 78335 78336 78339 78343 78347 +45 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,235 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,214 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Corpus Christi — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,644$1,278
    E-2$1,644$1,278
    E-3$1,644$1,278
    E-4$1,644$1,278
    E-5$1,788$1,413
    E-6$2,217$1,662
    E-7$2,310$1,734
    E-8$2,412$1,878
    E-9$2,553$2,001
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,238$1,680
    W-2$2,352$1,875
    W-3$2,478$2,019
    W-4$2,583$2,235
    W-5$2,718$2,331
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,328$1,785
    O-2E$2,457$1,974
    O-3E$2,604$2,211
    Officer
    O-1$1,845$1,494
    O-2$2,214$1,743
    O-3$2,475$2,061
    O-4$2,757$2,310
    O-5$2,964$2,364
    O-6$2,988$2,454
    O-7$3,006$2,496
    PCS compareCorpus Christi · O-2 · $1,743/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,412/mo · $28,944/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$669+$8,028/yr · like +$10,292 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,091 / month
    New York City$5,091
    Fort Bliss$1,764
    Huntsville$1,758
    Marquette$1,758
    Fayetteville$1,746
    Corpus Christi$1,743
    Lansing$1,743
    Lincoln$1,743
    Cheyenne$1,728
    Des Moines$1,722
    Youngstown$1,176

    Corpus Christi is #230 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,915 a month — $46,980 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Corpus Christi0 – $2,496 / month
    E-1$1,278
    E-2$1,278
    E-3$1,278
    E-4$1,278
    E-5$1,413
    E-6$1,662
    E-7$1,734
    E-8$1,878
    E-9$2,001
    W-1$1,680
    W-2$1,875
    W-3$2,019
    W-4$2,235
    W-5$2,331
    O-1E$1,785
    O-2E$1,974
    O-3E$2,211
    O-1$1,494
    O-2$1,743
    O-3$2,061
    O-4$2,310
    O-5$2,364
    O-6$2,454
    O-7$2,496

    Promoting to O-3 here adds $318 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 Corpus Christi to New York City at O-2 is worth $3,348 a month — about 11 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $318 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. $1,743 a month of BAH takes more than $1,743 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.