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Fort Chaffee BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA AR012

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E-9 · With dependents
$2,028per month

$24,336 per year · federal tax-free allowance

Official DoD / DTMO rate · CONUS BAH, not an estimate

National position #300 of 338E-9 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$2,600/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$72/mo · +3.7%2025 $1,956 → 2026 $2,028
E-9 rate selectedMHA AR012 ZIPs 72901 72902 72903 72904 72905 72906 +41
PCS compare Fort Chaffee · E-9 · with dep. · $2,028/mo
Fort Chaffee $2,028/mo · $24,336/yr
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Comparison uses with-dependents rates. Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

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Rate history

How updates work
2025$1,956
2026$2,028

Verified official history. With-dependents rate shown; use the dependency switch above for its exact comparison.

Fort Chaffee — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

E-9 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,882 / month
Westchester County $6,882
Fort Leonard Wood $2,064
Lake Charles $2,061
Little Rock $2,061
Sault Ste Marie $2,058
County Cost Group 690 $2,046
Alexandria $2,040
County Cost Group 680 $2,034
Montgomery $2,034
Oklahoma City $2,034
Beaumont $2,028
Fort Chaffee $2,028
Meridian $2,028
County Cost Group 670 $2,022
Wichita $2,022
Fort Riley $2,013
Albany $2,010
County Cost Group 660 $2,010
County Cost Group 650 $2,001
County Cost Group 640 $1,992
Fort Polk $1,989
County Cost Group 630 $1,983
Anniston $1,755

Fort Chaffee is #300 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,127 a month — $61,524 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Fort Chaffee0 – $2,400 / month
E-1 $1,173
E-2 $1,173
E-3 $1,173
E-4 $1,173
E-5 $1,263
E-6 $1,680
E-7 $1,785
E-8 $1,893
E-9 $2,028
W-1 $1,701
W-2 $1,827
W-3 $1,965
W-4 $2,052
W-5 $2,166
O-1E $1,803
O-2E $1,944
O-3E $2,070
O-1 $1,320
O-2 $1,677
O-3 $1,962
O-4 $2,199
O-5 $2,370
O-6 $2,388
O-7 $2,400

The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

What the rate table does not 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.

Source: DoD Defense Travel Management Office, effective 01 JAN 2026. How these rates are sourced and checked.

Source record

Where these numbers come from

Official fields remain unchanged. Years are aligned by DTMO's MHA code; no missing value is interpolated.

2026 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2026-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-05
Last verified
2026-09-07
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2025 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2025-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Last verified
2026-09-07
SHA-256
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