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

    W-3 without dependents at Davis-Monthan AFB draws $2,019 per month in 2026

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    Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ
    W-3 · without dependents
    $2,019/ month
    $24,228 / year
    At W-3, this is #209 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,301 · low Youngstown $1,341
    MHA AZ015 · ZIPs 85321 85341 85601 85614 85619 85622 +63 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,588 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,202 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
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    PCS compareDavis-Monthan AFB · W-3 · $2,019/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,619/mo · $31,428/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$600+$7,200/yr · like +$9,231 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,301 / month
    San Francisco$5,301
    Fort Wayne$2,043
    Fort Gordon$2,031
    Lexington$2,022
    Corpus Christi$2,019
    Davis-Monthan AFB$2,019
    Des Moines$2,007
    Tallahassee$2,007
    Columbia$2,004
    Greenville$2,004
    Youngstown$1,341

    Davis-Monthan AFB is #209 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,960 a month — $47,520 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Davis-Monthan AFB0 – $2,211 / month
    E-1$1,272
    E-2$1,272
    E-3$1,272
    E-4$1,272
    E-5$1,428
    E-6$1,587
    E-7$1,701
    E-8$1,953
    E-9$2,007
    W-1$1,632
    W-2$1,950
    W-3$2,019
    W-4$2,118
    W-5$2,151
    O-1E$1,902
    O-2E$1,995
    O-3E$2,109
    O-1$1,482
    O-2$1,839
    O-3$2,037
    O-4$2,139
    O-5$2,154
    O-6$2,175
    O-7$2,211

    Promoting to W-4 here adds $99 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 Davis-Monthan AFB to San Francisco at W-3 is worth $3,282 a month — about 33 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $99 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 9% 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. $2,019 a month of BAH takes more than $2,019 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.