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
    With $2,517Without $1,968

    O-1 at Dallas draws $2,517 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,968 without

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    Dallas, TX
    O-1 · with dependents
    $2,517/ month
    $30,204 / year
    At O-1, this is #94 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,172 · low Youngstown $1,218
    MHA TX277 · ZIPs 75001 75002 75006 75007 75009 75010 +220 more
    Your grade is calledARMY2LTUSMC2ndLtNAVYENSUSAF2d Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,227 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,968 / mo
    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 · O-1 · $2,517/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,517/mo · $30,204/yr
    — EVEN+$0same rate

    What this rate means

    O-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,172 / month
    San Francisco$5,172
    Patrick SFB$2,553
    County Cost Group 860$2,535
    Elizabeth City$2,523
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,517
    Dallas$2,517
    Oxford$2,496
    Port Angeles$2,493
    Fresno$2,490
    Great Lakes Navtracen$2,475
    Youngstown$1,218

    Dallas is #94 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 – $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 O-2 here adds $288 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 San Francisco at O-1 is worth $2,655 a month — about 9 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $288 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 28% 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. $2,517 a month of BAH takes more than $2,517 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.