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

    E-2 with dependents at Fort Leonard Wood draws $1,386 per month in 2026

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    Fort Leonard Wood, MO
    E-2 · with dependents
    $1,386/ month
    $16,632 / year
    At E-2, this is #291 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA MO163 · ZIPs 65401 65402 65409 65436 65444 65452 +26 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,777 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,287 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
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    PCS compareFort Leonard Wood · E-2 · $1,386/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$882+$10,584/yr · like +$13,569 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    Huntington$1,404
    Terre Haute$1,401
    Wichita Fls$1,392
    County Cost Group 700$1,389
    Fort Leonard Wood$1,386
    Sault Ste Marie$1,386
    Sparta$1,380
    County Cost Group 690$1,374
    Laughlin AFB$1,371
    Youngstown$1,134

    Fort Leonard Wood is #291 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 Leonard Wood0 – $2,250 / month
    E-1$1,386
    E-2$1,386
    E-3$1,386
    E-4$1,386
    E-5$1,479
    E-6$1,722
    E-7$1,833
    E-8$1,956
    E-9$2,064
    W-1$1,740
    W-2$1,884
    W-3$2,034
    W-4$2,073
    W-5$2,130
    O-1E$1,854
    O-2E$2,010
    O-3E$2,085
    O-1$1,515
    O-2$1,719
    O-3$2,028
    O-4$2,142
    O-5$2,223
    O-6$2,238
    O-7$2,250

    Promoting to E-3 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 8% 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. $1,386 a month of BAH takes more than $1,386 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.