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

    W-1 without dependents at Dover AFB draws $2,133 per month in 2026

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    Dover AFB/Rehoboth, DE
    W-1 · without dependents
    $2,133/ month
    $25,596 / year
    At W-1, this is #116 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,085 · low Youngstown $1,128
    MHA DE054 · ZIPs 19901 19902 19903 19904 19905 19906 +38 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,735 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,511 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 · W-1 · $2,133/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,205/mo · $26,460/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$72+$864/yr · like +$1,108 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,085 / month
    New York City$5,085
    Dallas$2,142
    Fort Stewart$2,142
    Portland$2,139
    Fresno$2,136
    Dover AFB$2,133
    Great Lakes Navtracen$2,133
    Abilene$2,130
    County Cost Group 840$2,124
    Austin$2,121
    Youngstown$1,128

    Dover AFB is #116 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 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 W-2 here adds $189 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 New York City at W-1 is worth $2,952 a month — about 16 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $189 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 18% 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. $2,133 a month of BAH takes more than $2,133 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.