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 $2,220Without $1,665

    E-2 at Dallas draws $2,220 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,665 without

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    Dallas, TX
    E-2 · with dependents
    $2,220/ month
    $26,640 / year
    At E-2, this is #110 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA TX277 · ZIPs 75001 75002 75006 75007 75009 75010 +220 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,846 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,665 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Dallas — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareDallas · E-2 · $2,220/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$48+$576/yr · like +$738 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    Savannah$2,235
    Norfolk$2,229
    Birmingham$2,223
    Charleston$2,220
    Dallas$2,220
    Ocala$2,205
    Great Lakes Navtracen$2,202
    Portland$2,193
    Fort Stewart$2,175
    Youngstown$1,134

    Dallas is #110 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 Dallas0 – $3,237 / month
    E-1$2,220
    E-2$2,220
    E-3$2,220
    E-4$2,220
    E-5$2,469
    E-6$2,808
    E-7$2,829
    E-8$2,838
    E-9$2,901
    W-1$2,826
    W-2$2,835
    W-3$2,850
    W-4$2,919
    W-5$3,018
    O-1E$2,832
    O-2E$2,841
    O-3E$2,934
    O-1$2,517
    O-2$2,805
    O-3$2,847
    O-4$3,045
    O-5$3,192
    O-6$3,216
    O-7$3,237

    Promoting to E-3 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $2,220 a month of BAH takes more than $2,220 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.