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

    W-1 without dependents at Fort Gordon draws $1,797 per month in 2026

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    Fort Gordon, AL
    W-1 · without dependents
    $1,797/ month
    $21,564 / year
    At W-1, this is #190 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,085 · low Youngstown $1,128
    MHA GA073 · ZIPs 29105 29137 29164 29801 29802 29803 +38 more
    Your grade is calledARMYWO1USMCWONAVYWO1
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,304 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,175 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fort Gordon — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareFort Gordon · W-1 · $1,797/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,205/mo · $26,460/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$408+$4,896/yr · like +$6,277 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,085 / month
    New York City$5,085
    Kansas City$1,806
    Columbia$1,803
    Morehead$1,803
    Yakima$1,803
    Fort Gordon$1,797
    Jackson$1,797
    New Orleans$1,797
    Battle Creek$1,794
    County Cost Group 800$1,791
    Youngstown$1,128

    Fort Gordon is #190 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,957 a month — $47,484 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 W-2 here adds $147 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 W-1 is worth $3,288 a month — about 22 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $147 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 21% 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. $1,797 a month of BAH takes more than $1,797 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.