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-5 without dependents at County Cost Group 740 draws $1,986 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 740
    W-5 · without dependents
    $1,986/ month
    $23,832 / year
    At W-5, this is #265 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $5,946 · low Youngstown $1,527
    MHA ZZ740 · ZIPs 13732 13734 13736 13737 13743 13744 +787 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW5USMCCWO5NAVYCWO5
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,546 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,307 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 740 — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,476$1,179
    E-2$1,476$1,179
    E-3$1,476$1,179
    E-4$1,476$1,179
    E-5$1,590$1,290
    E-6$1,896$1,419
    E-7$1,968$1,476
    E-8$2,049$1,656
    E-9$2,166$1,740
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,914$1,449
    W-2$2,001$1,653
    W-3$2,100$1,752
    W-4$2,193$1,908
    W-5$2,307$1,986
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,980$1,587
    O-2E$2,085$1,719
    O-3E$2,211$1,887
    Officer
    O-1$1,632$1,359
    O-2$1,893$1,554
    O-3$2,097$1,782
    O-4$2,343$1,965
    O-5$2,520$2,007
    O-6$2,538$2,079
    O-7$2,553$2,112
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 740 · W-5 · $1,986/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,892/mo · $34,704/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$906+$10,872/yr · like +$13,938 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,946 / month
    Westchester County$5,946
    Brownsville$1,998
    Goodfellow AFB$1,998
    Sumter$1,995
    White Sands MR$1,995
    County Cost Group 740$1,986
    Fort Rucker$1,977
    Wilkes-Barre$1,971
    Morgantown$1,965
    Frankfort$1,959
    Youngstown$1,527

    County Cost Group 740 is #265 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,419 a month — $53,028 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at County Cost Group 7400 – $2,112 / month
    E-1$1,179
    E-2$1,179
    E-3$1,179
    E-4$1,179
    E-5$1,290
    E-6$1,419
    E-7$1,476
    E-8$1,656
    E-9$1,740
    W-1$1,449
    W-2$1,653
    W-3$1,752
    W-4$1,908
    W-5$1,986
    O-1E$1,587
    O-2E$1,719
    O-3E$1,887
    O-1$1,359
    O-2$1,554
    O-3$1,782
    O-4$1,965
    O-5$2,007
    O-6$2,079
    O-7$2,112

    Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 16% 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. $1,986 a month of BAH takes more than $1,986 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.