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
    Dependents
    With $1,635Without $1,362

    E-2 at Fort Benning draws $1,635 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,362 without

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    Fort Benning, GA
    E-2 · with dependents
    $1,635/ month
    $19,620 / year
    At E-2, this is #232 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA GA075 · ZIPs 31804 31805 31807 31808 31811 31814 +34 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,096 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,362 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    MHA

    Renamed back from Fort Moore for 2026. Orders from 2023–25 may still say Moore.

    Fort Benning — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareFort Benning · E-2 · $1,635/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$633+$7,596/yr · like +$9,738 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    State College$1,656
    Corpus Christi$1,644
    Lincoln$1,641
    Coos Bay$1,635
    Fort Benning$1,635
    County Cost Group 770$1,632
    Marquette$1,626
    Auburn$1,617
    Waco$1,617
    Youngstown$1,134

    Fort Benning is #232 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month — $47,196 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fort Benning0 – $2,502 / month
    E-1$1,635
    E-2$1,635
    E-3$1,635
    E-4$1,635
    E-5$1,716
    E-6$1,977
    E-7$2,004
    E-8$2,037
    E-9$2,121
    W-1$1,995
    W-2$2,016
    W-3$2,061
    W-4$2,148
    W-5$2,262
    O-1E$2,007
    O-2E$2,049
    O-3E$2,166
    O-1$1,755
    O-2$1,974
    O-3$2,058
    O-4$2,295
    O-5$2,469
    O-6$2,487
    O-7$2,502

    Promoting to E-3 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 20% 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. $1,635 a month of BAH takes more than $1,635 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.