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 $2,037Without $1,746

    O-2 at Fayetteville draws $2,037 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,746 without

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    Fayetteville, AR
    O-2 · with dependents
    $2,037/ month
    $24,444 / year
    At O-2, this is #236 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,451 · low Youngstown $1,332
    MHA AR411 · ZIPs 72701 72702 72703 72704 72711 72712 +39 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,612 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,746 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fayetteville — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareFayetteville · O-2 · $2,037/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,739/mo · $32,868/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$702+$8,424/yr · like +$10,800 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,451 / month
    San Francisco$5,451
    Tallahassee$2,058
    Bangor$2,049
    Fort Bragg$2,046
    Morehead$2,043
    Fayetteville$2,037
    Shreveport$2,025
    Sioux Falls$2,022
    Marquette$2,007
    Grand Forks$2,001
    Youngstown$1,332

    Fayetteville is #236 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,119 a month — $49,428 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fayetteville0 – $2,886 / month
    E-1$1,662
    E-2$1,662
    E-3$1,662
    E-4$1,662
    E-5$1,782
    E-6$2,040
    E-7$2,154
    E-8$2,280
    E-9$2,439
    W-1$2,058
    W-2$2,205
    W-3$2,361
    W-4$2,466
    W-5$2,601
    O-1E$2,175
    O-2E$2,337
    O-3E$2,487
    O-1$1,821
    O-2$2,037
    O-3$2,355
    O-4$2,640
    O-5$2,847
    O-6$2,868
    O-7$2,886

    Promoting to O-3 here adds $318 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 Fayetteville to San Francisco at O-2 is worth $3,414 a month — about 11 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $318 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 17% 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. $2,037 a month of BAH takes more than $2,037 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.