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
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    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

    W-1 without dependents at Des Moines draws $1,674 per month in 2026

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    Des Moines, IA
    W-1 · without dependents
    $1,674/ month
    $20,088 / year
    At W-1, this is #221 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,085 · low Youngstown $1,128
    MHA IA082 · ZIPs 50007 50009 50021 50023 50032 50035 +70 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,146 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,229 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 · W-1 · $1,674/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,205/mo · $26,460/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$531+$6,372/yr · like +$8,169 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,085 / month
    New York City$5,085
    Bangor$1,680
    Cheyenne$1,680
    Coos Bay$1,680
    Corpus Christi$1,680
    Des Moines$1,674
    Toledo$1,671
    Bismarck$1,668
    Lexington$1,668
    Robins AFB$1,668
    Youngstown$1,128

    Des Moines is #221 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,957 a month — $47,484 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 W-2 here adds $186 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 New York City at W-1 is worth $3,411 a month — about 18 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $186 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $1,674 a month of BAH takes more than $1,674 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.