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 $3,081Without $2,463

    W-1 at Denver draws $3,081 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,463 without

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    Denver, CO
    W-1 · with dependents
    $3,081/ month
    $36,972 / year
    At W-1, this is #70 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,472 · low Youngstown $1,350
    MHA CO045 · ZIPs 80001 80002 80003 80004 80005 80006 +144 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,950 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,463 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Denver — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,556$1,938
    E-2$2,556$1,938
    E-3$2,556$1,938
    E-4$2,556$1,938
    E-5$2,841$2,148
    E-6$3,063$2,301
    E-7$3,114$2,568
    E-8$3,168$2,889
    E-9$3,267$2,946
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,081$2,463
    W-2$3,135$2,886
    W-3$3,210$2,958
    W-4$3,288$3,066
    W-5$3,396$3,126
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,120$2,838
    O-2E$3,195$2,934
    O-3E$3,306$3,054
    Officer
    O-1$2,874$2,268
    O-2$3,060$2,748
    O-3$3,207$2,979
    O-4$3,426$3,108
    O-5$3,588$3,135
    O-6$3,615$3,186
    O-7$3,642$3,240
    PCS compareDenver · W-1 · $3,081/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,760/mo · $33,120/yr
    ▼ CUT−$321−$3,852/yr · like −$4,938 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,472 / month
    San Francisco$5,472
    Beale AFB$3,147
    Ann Arbor$3,099
    Cape May$3,093
    New London$3,093
    Denver$3,081
    Fort Detrick$3,081
    Tampa$3,063
    County Cost Group 870$3,018
    Philadelphia$2,997
    Youngstown$1,350

    Denver is #70 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,122 a month — $49,464 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 W-2 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 San Francisco at W-1 is worth $2,391 a month — about 44 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $54 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 25% 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. $3,081 a month of BAH takes more than $3,081 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.