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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    Dependents
    With $3,045Without $2,463

    W-4 at Fairbanks draws $3,045 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,463 without

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    Fairbanks, AK
    W-4 · with dependents
    $3,045/ month
    $36,540 / year
    At W-4, this is #107 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,963 · low Stevens Point $1,779
    MHA AK405 · ZIPs 99701 99702 99703 99705 99706 99707 +17 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW4USMCCWO4NAVYCWO4
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,904 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,463 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fairbanks — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareFairbanks · W-4 · $3,045/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,198/mo · $38,376/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$153+$1,836/yr · like +$2,354 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,963 / month
    Westchester County$6,963
    County Cost Group 850$3,129
    Bremerton$3,126
    Dover AFB$3,066
    Corvallis$3,063
    Fairbanks$3,045
    Fresno$3,042
    Knoxville$3,036
    Asheville$3,033
    Orlando$3,033
    Stevens Point$1,779

    Fairbanks is #107 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,184 a month — $62,208 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fairbanks0 – $3,456 / month
    E-1$2,106
    E-2$2,106
    E-3$2,106
    E-4$2,106
    E-5$2,436
    E-6$2,454
    E-7$2,610
    E-8$2,814
    E-9$3,018
    W-1$2,457
    W-2$2,694
    W-3$2,943
    W-4$3,045
    W-5$3,171
    O-1E$2,646
    O-2E$2,907
    O-3E$3,066
    O-1$2,448
    O-2$2,451
    O-3$2,937
    O-4$3,210
    O-5$3,405
    O-6$3,432
    O-7$3,456

    Promoting to W-5 here adds $126 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 Fairbanks to Westchester County at W-4 is worth $3,918 a month — about 31 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $126 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 24% 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. $3,045 a month of BAH takes more than $3,045 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.