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 $2,328Without $1,860

    W-2 at Des Moines draws $2,328 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,860 without

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    Des Moines, IA
    W-2 · with dependents
    $2,328/ month
    $27,936 / year
    At W-2, this is #196 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,036 · low Youngstown $1,560
    MHA IA082 · ZIPs 50007 50009 50021 50023 50032 50035 +70 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW2USMCCWO2NAVYCWO2
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,985 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,860 / mo
    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-2 · $2,328/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,916/mo · $34,992/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$588+$7,056/yr · like +$9,046 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
    Westchester County$6,036
    Jackson$2,340
    Cheyenne$2,334
    Louisville$2,334
    Tallahassee$2,334
    Des Moines$2,328
    Boise$2,325
    County Cost Group 790$2,325
    Fort Campbell$2,307
    Jacksonville$2,301
    Youngstown$1,560

    Des Moines is #196 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,476 a month — $53,712 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Des Moines0 – $2,943 / month
    E-1$1,593
    E-2$1,593
    E-3$1,593
    E-4$1,593
    E-5$1,770
    E-6$2,208
    E-7$2,292
    E-8$2,379
    E-9$2,511
    W-1$2,229
    W-2$2,328
    W-3$2,436
    W-4$2,538
    W-5$2,667
    O-1E$2,304
    O-2E$2,418
    O-3E$2,559
    O-1$1,830
    O-2$2,205
    O-3$2,433
    O-4$2,706
    O-5$2,904
    O-6$2,925
    O-7$2,943

    Promoting to W-3 here adds $108 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 Westchester County at W-2 is worth $3,708 a month — about 34 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $108 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. $2,328 a month of BAH takes more than $2,328 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.