BAH Rate Desk2026
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
    Enlisted
    E-1E-2E-3E-4E-5E-6E-7E-8E-9
    Warrant
    W-1W-2W-3W-4W-5
    Prior enl.
    O-1EO-2EO-3E
    Officer
    O-1O-2O-3O-4O-5O-6O-7
    Dependents
    WithWithout

    E-4 without dependents at Fort Detrick draws $2,016 per month in 2026

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    Fort Detrick, MD
    E-4 · without dependents
    $2,016/ month
    $24,192 / year
    At E-4, this is #63 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879
    MHA MD130 · ZIPs 21701 21702 21703 21704 21705 21709 +25 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,585 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,466 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fort Detrick — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,466$2,016
    E-2$2,466$2,016
    E-3$2,466$2,016
    E-4$2,466$2,016
    E-5$2,682$2,160
    E-6$3,063$2,295
    E-7$3,132$2,472
    E-8$3,207$2,763
    E-9$3,345$2,871
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,081$2,400
    W-2$3,162$2,760
    W-3$3,258$2,886
    W-4$3,375$3,075
    W-5$3,525$3,147
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,144$2,679
    O-2E$3,243$2,847
    O-3E$3,399$3,054
    Officer
    O-1$2,733$2,247
    O-2$3,060$2,613
    O-3$3,255$2,922
    O-4$3,573$3,129
    O-5$3,804$3,168
    O-6$3,837$3,234
    O-7$3,864$3,291
    PCS compareFort Detrick · E-4 · $2,016/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,875/mo · $22,500/yr
    ▼ CUT−$141−$1,692/yr · like −$2,169 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-4 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
    New York City$4,833
    Newport$2,073
    Hartford$2,055
    Willow Grove$2,049
    JB Lewis-McChord$2,034
    Fort Detrick$2,016
    Sacramento$2,016
    Dahlgren$2,013
    Eglin AFB$2,007
    Atlantic City$2,004
    Fort Chaffee$879

    Fort Detrick is #63 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 Detrick0 – $3,291 / month
    E-1$2,016
    E-2$2,016
    E-3$2,016
    E-4$2,016
    E-5$2,160
    E-6$2,295
    E-7$2,472
    E-8$2,763
    E-9$2,871
    W-1$2,400
    W-2$2,760
    W-3$2,886
    W-4$3,075
    W-5$3,147
    O-1E$2,679
    O-2E$2,847
    O-3E$3,054
    O-1$2,247
    O-2$2,613
    O-3$2,922
    O-4$3,129
    O-5$3,168
    O-6$3,234
    O-7$3,291

    Promoting to E-5 here adds $144 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 Detrick to New York City at E-4 is worth $2,817 a month — about 20 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $144 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 22% 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. $2,016 a month of BAH takes more than $2,016 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.