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 $3,114Without $2,568

    E-7 at Denver draws $3,114 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,568 without

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    Denver, CO
    E-7 · with dependents
    $3,114/ month
    $37,368 / year
    At E-7, this is #71 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $5,832 · low Youngstown $1,491
    MHA CO045 · ZIPs 80001 80002 80003 80004 80005 80006 +144 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,992 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,568 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Denver — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareDenver · E-7 · $3,114/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,862/mo · $34,344/yr
    ▼ CUT$252−$3,024/yr · like −$3,877 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,832 / month
    Westchester County$5,832
    New London$3,159
    Beale AFB$3,150
    Fort Detrick$3,132
    Cape May$3,114
    Denver$3,114
    County Cost Group 870$3,096
    Madison$3,084
    Stockton$3,072
    Tampa$3,066
    Youngstown$1,491

    Denver is #71 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,341 a month — $52,092 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Denver0 – $3,642 / month
    E-1$2,556
    E-2$2,556
    E-3$2,556
    E-4$2,556
    E-5$2,841
    E-6$3,063
    E-7$3,114
    E-8$3,168
    E-9$3,267
    W-1$3,081
    W-2$3,135
    W-3$3,210
    W-4$3,288
    W-5$3,396
    O-1E$3,120
    O-2E$3,195
    O-3E$3,306
    O-1$2,874
    O-2$3,060
    O-3$3,207
    O-4$3,426
    O-5$3,588
    O-6$3,615
    O-7$3,642

    Promoting to E-8 here adds $54 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 Denver to Westchester County at E-7 is worth $2,718 a month — about 50 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $54 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 21% 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. $3,114 a month of BAH takes more than $3,114 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.