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

    E-6 without dependents at Dallas draws $2,103 per month in 2026

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    Dallas, TX
    E-6 · without dependents
    $2,103/ month
    $25,236 / year
    At E-6, this is #108 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,070 · low Youngstown $1,077
    MHA TX277 · ZIPs 75001 75002 75006 75007 75009 75010 +220 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSSGUSMCSSgtNAVYPO1USAFTSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,696 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,808 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Dallas — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,220$1,665
    E-2$2,220$1,665
    E-3$2,220$1,665
    E-4$2,220$1,665
    E-5$2,469$1,851
    E-6$2,808$2,103
    E-7$2,829$2,229
    E-8$2,838$2,541
    E-9$2,901$2,637
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,826$2,142
    W-2$2,835$2,538
    W-3$2,850$2,649
    W-4$2,919$2,805
    W-5$3,018$2,823
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,832$2,466
    O-2E$2,841$2,613
    O-3E$2,934$2,799
    Officer
    O-1$2,517$1,968
    O-2$2,805$2,388
    O-3$2,847$2,682
    O-4$3,045$2,811
    O-5$3,192$2,826
    O-6$3,216$2,829
    O-7$3,237$2,871
    PCS compareDallas · E-6 · $2,103/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,076/mo · $24,912/yr
    ▼ CUT−$27−$324/yr · like −$415 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-6 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,070 / month
    New York City$5,070
    Oxford$2,112
    St. Louis$2,112
    Austin$2,103
    Bridgeport$2,103
    Dallas$2,103
    Traverse City$2,103
    County Cost Group 850$2,100
    Astoria$2,097
    Minneapolis$2,082
    Youngstown$1,077

    Dallas is #108 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,993 a month — $47,916 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-7 here adds $126 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-6 is worth $2,967 a month — about 24 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $126 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 34% 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. $2,103 a month of BAH takes more than $2,103 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.