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 $2,601Without $2,181

    W-5 at Fayetteville draws $2,601 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,181 without

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    Fayetteville, AR
    W-5 · with dependents
    $2,601/ month
    $31,212 / year
    At W-5, this is #206 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $7,338 · low Youngstown $1,806
    MHA AR411 · ZIPs 72701 72702 72703 72704 72711 72712 +39 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,335 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,181 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fayetteville — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareFayetteville · W-5 · $2,601/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,348/mo · $40,176/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$747+$8,964/yr · like +$11,492 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,338 / month
    Westchester County$7,338
    Johnson City$2,616
    Fort Worth$2,613
    Eastern Shore$2,610
    Mountain Home AFB$2,610
    Fayetteville$2,601
    Marquette$2,598
    Duluth$2,583
    County Cost Group 780$2,577
    Nellis AFB$2,577
    Youngstown$1,806

    Fayetteville is #206 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,532 a month — $66,384 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

    Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 19% 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. $2,601 a month of BAH takes more than $2,601 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.