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 $2,061Without $1,764

    E-3 at Fort Collins draws $2,061 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,764 without

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    Fort Collins, CO
    E-3 · with dependents
    $2,061/ month
    $24,732 / year
    At E-3, this is #132 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA CO047 · ZIPs 80511 80512 80513 80514 80515 80516 +56 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,642 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,764 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fort Collins — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareFort Collins · E-3 · $2,061/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$207+$2,484/yr · like +$3,185 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    County Cost Group 830$2,097
    Bridgeport$2,082
    Hampton$2,082
    Pittsburgh$2,067
    Fort Collins$2,061
    Phoenix$2,061
    Knoxville$2,058
    Panama City$2,058
    Buffalo$2,055
    Youngstown$1,134

    Fort Collins is #132 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 Collins0 – $3,210 / month
    E-1$2,061
    E-2$2,061
    E-3$2,061
    E-4$2,061
    E-5$2,268
    E-6$2,532
    E-7$2,631
    E-8$2,739
    E-9$2,865
    W-1$2,550
    W-2$2,673
    W-3$2,808
    W-4$2,886
    W-5$2,985
    O-1E$2,649
    O-2E$2,787
    O-3E$2,901
    O-1$2,307
    O-2$2,529
    O-3$2,805
    O-4$3,012
    O-5$3,165
    O-6$3,189
    O-7$3,210

    Promoting to E-4 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    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. $2,061 a month of BAH takes more than $2,061 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.