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.

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    Dependents

    E-4 without dependents at Dallas draws $1,665 per month in 2026

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    Dallas, TX
    E-4 · without dependents
    $1,665/ month
    $19,980 / year
    At E-4, this is #130 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879
    MHA TX277 · ZIPs 75001 75002 75006 75007 75009 75010 +220 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,135 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,220 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Dallas — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareDallas · E-4 · $1,665/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,875/mo · $22,500/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$210+$2,520/yr · like +$3,231 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-4 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
    New York City$4,833
    Bridgeport$1,683
    Morehead$1,683
    Port Angeles$1,671
    Birmingham$1,668
    Dallas$1,665
    Kings Bay$1,656
    Great Lakes Navtracen$1,653
    County Cost Group 830$1,650
    Myrtle Beach$1,647
    Fort Chaffee$879

    Dallas is #130 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month — $47,448 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Dallas0 – $2,871 / month
    E-1$1,665
    E-2$1,665
    E-3$1,665
    E-4$1,665
    E-5$1,851
    E-6$2,103
    E-7$2,229
    E-8$2,541
    E-9$2,637
    W-1$2,142
    W-2$2,538
    W-3$2,649
    W-4$2,805
    W-5$2,823
    O-1E$2,466
    O-2E$2,613
    O-3E$2,799
    O-1$1,968
    O-2$2,388
    O-3$2,682
    O-4$2,811
    O-5$2,826
    O-6$2,829
    O-7$2,871

    Promoting to E-5 here adds $186 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 Dallas to New York City at E-4 is worth $3,168 a month — about 17 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $186 per grade here.

    02

    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. $1,665 a month of BAH takes more than $1,665 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.