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 $2,673Without $2,322

    W-2 at Fort Collins draws $2,673 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,322 without

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    Fort Collins, CO
    W-2 · with dependents
    $2,673/ month
    $32,076 / year
    At W-2, this is #132 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,036 · low Youngstown $1,560
    MHA CO047 · ZIPs 80511 80512 80513 80514 80515 80516 +56 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW2USMCCWO2NAVYCWO2
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,427 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,322 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fort Collins — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareFort Collins · W-2 · $2,673/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,916/mo · $34,992/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$243+$2,916/yr · like +$3,738 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
    Westchester County$6,036
    Fairbanks$2,694
    Richmond$2,694
    Twenty Nine Palms MCB$2,688
    Detroit$2,682
    Fort Collins$2,673
    Buffalo$2,667
    Charleston$2,667
    Helena$2,661
    Patuxent River$2,661
    Youngstown$1,560

    Fort Collins is #132 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,476 a month — $53,712 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 W-3 here adds $135 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Fort Collins to Westchester County at W-2 is worth $3,363 a month — about 25 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $135 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 15% 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. $2,673 a month of BAH takes more than $2,673 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.