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 $1,809Without $1,506

    E-4 at Fort Gordon draws $1,809 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,506 without

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    Fort Gordon, AL
    E-4 · with dependents
    $1,809/ month
    $21,708 / year
    At E-4, this is #186 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA GA073 · ZIPs 29105 29137 29164 29801 29802 29803 +38 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,319 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,506 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fort Gordon — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareFort Gordon · E-4 · $1,809/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$459+$5,508/yr · like +$7,062 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    Boise$1,842
    County Cost Group 800$1,827
    Jackson$1,818
    Columbia$1,812
    Fort Gordon$1,809
    Louisville$1,809
    Morehead$1,806
    Rapid City$1,800
    Pensacola$1,794
    Youngstown$1,134

    Fort Gordon is #186 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 Gordon0 – $2,826 / month
    E-1$1,809
    E-2$1,809
    E-3$1,809
    E-4$1,809
    E-5$1,890
    E-6$2,157
    E-7$2,190
    E-8$2,226
    E-9$2,334
    W-1$2,175
    W-2$2,205
    W-3$2,253
    W-4$2,367
    W-5$2,514
    O-1E$2,193
    O-2E$2,241
    O-3E$2,388
    O-1$1,929
    O-2$2,154
    O-3$2,250
    O-4$2,559
    O-5$2,787
    O-6$2,808
    O-7$2,826

    Promoting to E-5 here adds $81 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 Gordon to New York City at E-4 is worth $3,258 a month — about 40 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $81 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 20% 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. $1,809 a month of BAH takes more than $1,809 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.