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.

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    Dependents

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

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    Fort Collins, CO
    E-3 · without dependents
    $1,764/ month
    $21,168 / year
    At E-3, this is #104 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879
    MHA CO047 · ZIPs 80511 80512 80513 80514 80515 80516 +56 more
    Your grade is calledARMYPFCUSMCLCplNAVYSNUSAFA1C
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,262 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,061 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fort Collins — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareFort Collins · E-3 · $1,764/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,875/mo · $22,500/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$111+$1,332/yr · like +$1,708 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
    New York City$4,833
    Milwaukee$1,776
    Elizabeth City$1,770
    Sitka$1,767
    County Cost Group 850$1,764
    Fort Collins$1,764
    Charleston$1,755
    Twenty Nine Palms MCB$1,755
    Atlanta$1,752
    Hampden County$1,752
    Fort Chaffee$879

    Fort Collins is #104 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month — $47,448 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fort Collins0 – $2,835 / month
    E-1$1,764
    E-2$1,764
    E-3$1,764
    E-4$1,764
    E-5$1,812
    E-6$1,896
    E-7$2,067
    E-8$2,325
    E-9$2,397
    W-1$1,998
    W-2$2,322
    W-3$2,409
    W-4$2,550
    W-5$2,655
    O-1E$2,265
    O-2E$2,379
    O-3E$2,523
    O-1$1,851
    O-2$2,202
    O-3$2,433
    O-4$2,631
    O-5$2,688
    O-6$2,787
    O-7$2,835

    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. $1,764 a month of BAH takes more than $1,764 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.