What is E-4 BAH at Fort Carson in 2026?

$2,160 per month with dependents ($25,920 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. Without dependents it is $1,689 per month.

Does BAH count as taxable income?

No. BAH is excluded from federal taxable income, so a given BAH amount is worth more than the same figure in basic pay.

What happens if my BAH rate drops this year?

BAH rate protection holds you at the prior year's amount as long as your duty location, pay grade and dependency status stay the same. The lower rate applies to members arriving on new orders.

E-4 BAH at Fort Carson 2026 — $2,160 with dependents, $1,689 without

Basic Allowance for Housing by duty station, pay grade and dependency status. Official DoD rates, no login, no email.

Colorado Springs, CO

E-4 · with dependents

$2,160/ month

$25,920 / year

At E-4, this is #118 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,769 / mo gross

Without dependents here$1,689 / mo

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Fort Carson — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$2,160	$1,689
E-2	$2,160	$1,689
E-3	$2,160	$1,689
E-4	$2,160	$1,689
E-5	$2,358	$1,860
E-6	$2,433	$1,980
E-7	$2,487	$2,166
E-8	$2,553	$2,379
E-9	$2,646	$2,388
Warrant officer
W-1	$2,448	$2,103
W-2	$2,514	$2,376
W-3	$2,598	$2,394
W-4	$2,664	$2,436
W-5	$2,754	$2,502
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$2,496	$2,355
O-2E	$2,583	$2,385
O-3E	$2,679	$2,418
Officer
O-1	$2,376	$1,959
O-2	$2,430	$2,295
O-3	$2,595	$2,397
O-4	$2,778	$2,484
O-5	$2,913	$2,517
O-6	$2,934	$2,574
O-7	$2,955	$2,616

What this rate means

E-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month

New York City$5,067

Fort Stewart$2,175

Fresno$2,175

Reno$2,169

County Cost Group 840$2,166

Fort Carson$2,160

Dover AFB$2,160

Richmond$2,157

Port Angeles$2,145

Corvallis$2,139

Youngstown$1,134

Fort Carson is #118 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 Carson0 – $2,955 / month

E-1$2,160

E-2$2,160

E-3$2,160

E-4$2,160

E-5$2,358

E-6$2,433

E-7$2,487

E-8$2,553

E-9$2,646

W-1$2,448

W-2$2,514

W-3$2,598

W-4$2,664

W-5$2,754

O-1E$2,496

O-2E$2,583

O-3E$2,679

O-1$2,376

O-2$2,430

O-3$2,595

O-4$2,778

O-5$2,913

O-6$2,934

O-7$2,955

Promoting to E-5 here adds $198 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Fort Carson to New York City at E-4 is worth $2,907 a month — about 15 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $198 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 28% 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.

None of it is taxed. $2,160 a month of BAH takes more than $2,160 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

Things the rate table doesn't tell you

“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.

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.

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.

E-4 at Fort Carson draws $2,160 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,689 without

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you