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-5 without dependents at Dover AFB draws $2,832 per month in 2026

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    Dover AFB/Rehoboth, DE
    O-5 · without dependents
    $2,832/ month
    $33,984 / year
    At O-5, this is #111 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,162 · low Youngstown $1,593
    MHA DE054 · ZIPs 19901 19902 19903 19904 19905 19906 +38 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,631 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,081 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Dover AFB — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,160$1,782
    E-2$2,160$1,782
    E-3$2,160$1,782
    E-4$2,160$1,782
    E-5$2,277$1,947
    E-6$2,493$2,052
    E-7$2,694$2,163
    E-8$2,916$2,325
    E-9$3,063$2,379
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,511$2,133
    W-2$2,787$2,322
    W-3$3,060$2,391
    W-4$3,066$2,535
    W-5$3,075$2,745
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,736$2,274
    O-2E$3,018$2,367
    O-3E$3,069$2,481
    Officer
    O-1$2,310$2,043
    O-2$2,490$2,241
    O-3$3,051$2,409
    O-4$3,078$2,706
    O-5$3,081$2,832
    O-6$3,105$3,039
    O-7$3,123$3,090
    PCS compareDover AFB · O-5 · $2,832/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,934/mo · $35,208/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$102+$1,224/yr · like +$1,569 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,162 / month
    Westchester County$6,162
    Fresno$2,880
    Allentown$2,853
    Minneapolis$2,844
    Beaufort$2,832
    Dover AFB$2,832
    Abilene$2,829
    Corvallis$2,826
    Dallas$2,826
    Rome$2,811
    Youngstown$1,593

    Dover AFB is #111 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,569 a month — $54,828 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Dover AFB0 – $3,090 / month
    E-1$1,782
    E-2$1,782
    E-3$1,782
    E-4$1,782
    E-5$1,947
    E-6$2,052
    E-7$2,163
    E-8$2,325
    E-9$2,379
    W-1$2,133
    W-2$2,322
    W-3$2,391
    W-4$2,535
    W-5$2,745
    O-1E$2,274
    O-2E$2,367
    O-3E$2,481
    O-1$2,043
    O-2$2,241
    O-3$2,409
    O-4$2,706
    O-5$2,832
    O-6$3,039
    O-7$3,090

    Promoting to O-6 here adds $207 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 Dover AFB to Westchester County at O-5 is worth $3,330 a month — about 16 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $207 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 9% 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. $2,832 a month of BAH takes more than $2,832 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.