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

    O-1E without dependents at Des Moines draws $1,767 per month in 2026

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    Des Moines, IA
    O-1E · without dependents
    $1,767/ month
    $21,204 / year
    At O-1E, this is #233 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,124 · low Youngstown $1,188
    MHA IA082 · ZIPs 50007 50009 50021 50023 50032 50035 +70 more
    Your grade is calledARMY2LTUSMC2ndLtNAVYENSUSAF2d Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,265 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,304 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Des Moines — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,593$1,284
    E-2$1,593$1,284
    E-3$1,593$1,284
    E-4$1,593$1,284
    E-5$1,770$1,359
    E-6$2,208$1,656
    E-7$2,292$1,719
    E-8$2,379$1,863
    E-9$2,511$1,989
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,229$1,674
    W-2$2,328$1,860
    W-3$2,436$2,007
    W-4$2,538$2,223
    W-5$2,667$2,310
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,304$1,767
    O-2E$2,418$1,962
    O-3E$2,559$2,202
    Officer
    O-1$1,830$1,413
    O-2$2,205$1,722
    O-3$2,433$2,049
    O-4$2,706$2,289
    O-5$2,904$2,334
    O-6$2,925$2,415
    O-7$2,943$2,454
    PCS compareDes Moines · O-1E · $1,767/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,475/mo · $29,700/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$708+$8,496/yr · like +$10,892 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-1E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,124 / month
    San Francisco$5,124
    Huntsville$1,794
    Corpus Christi$1,785
    Lincoln$1,785
    Fayetteville$1,779
    Des Moines$1,767
    Waco$1,752
    County Cost Group 770$1,749
    Wilkes-Barre$1,737
    Cheyenne$1,734
    Youngstown$1,188

    Des Moines is #233 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,936 a month — $47,232 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Des Moines0 – $2,454 / month
    E-1$1,284
    E-2$1,284
    E-3$1,284
    E-4$1,284
    E-5$1,359
    E-6$1,656
    E-7$1,719
    E-8$1,863
    E-9$1,989
    W-1$1,674
    W-2$1,860
    W-3$2,007
    W-4$2,223
    W-5$2,310
    O-1E$1,767
    O-2E$1,962
    O-3E$2,202
    O-1$1,413
    O-2$1,722
    O-3$2,049
    O-4$2,289
    O-5$2,334
    O-6$2,415
    O-7$2,454

    Promoting to O-2E here adds $195 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 Des Moines to San Francisco at O-1E is worth $3,357 a month — about 17 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $195 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 30% 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. $1,767 a month of BAH takes more than $1,767 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.