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

    O-1 without dependents at Fort Gordon draws $1,728 per month in 2026

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    Fort Gordon, AL
    O-1 · without dependents
    $1,728/ month
    $20,736 / year
    At O-1, this is #180 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,074
    MHA GA073 · ZIPs 29105 29137 29164 29801 29802 29803 +38 more
    Your grade is calledARMY2LTUSMC2ndLtNAVYENSUSAF2d Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,215 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,929 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fort Gordon — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,809$1,506
    E-2$1,809$1,506
    E-3$1,809$1,506
    E-4$1,809$1,506
    E-5$1,890$1,644
    E-6$2,157$1,731
    E-7$2,190$1,809
    E-8$2,226$1,947
    E-9$2,334$2,019
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,175$1,797
    W-2$2,205$1,944
    W-3$2,253$2,031
    W-4$2,367$2,157
    W-5$2,514$2,196
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,193$1,887
    O-2E$2,241$2,004
    O-3E$2,388$2,148
    Officer
    O-1$1,929$1,728
    O-2$2,154$1,866
    O-3$2,250$2,058
    O-4$2,559$2,181
    O-5$2,787$2,199
    O-6$2,808$2,226
    O-7$2,826$2,262
    PCS compareFort Gordon · O-1 · $1,728/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,055/mo · $24,660/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$327+$3,924/yr · like +$5,031 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    Salem$1,740
    Eastern Panhandle$1,737
    Chattanooga$1,734
    Tallahassee$1,731
    Fort Gordon$1,728
    Carlisle Barracks$1,725
    Pensacola$1,719
    Jackson$1,716
    Spokane$1,707
    Youngstown$1,074

    Fort Gordon is #180 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,993 a month — $47,916 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fort Gordon0 – $2,262 / month
    E-1$1,506
    E-2$1,506
    E-3$1,506
    E-4$1,506
    E-5$1,644
    E-6$1,731
    E-7$1,809
    E-8$1,947
    E-9$2,019
    W-1$1,797
    W-2$1,944
    W-3$2,031
    W-4$2,157
    W-5$2,196
    O-1E$1,887
    O-2E$2,004
    O-3E$2,148
    O-1$1,728
    O-2$1,866
    O-3$2,058
    O-4$2,181
    O-5$2,199
    O-6$2,226
    O-7$2,262

    Promoting to O-2 here adds $138 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 O-1 is worth $3,339 a month — about 24 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $138 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 12% 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. $1,728 a month of BAH takes more than $1,728 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.