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-4 without dependents at Fort Leonard Wood draws $1,743 per month in 2026

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    Fort Leonard Wood, MO
    W-4 · without dependents
    $1,743/ month
    $20,916 / year
    At W-4, this is #305 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $5,478 · low Youngstown $1,362
    MHA MO163 · ZIPs 65401 65402 65409 65436 65444 65452 +26 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW4USMCCWO4NAVYCWO4
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,235 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,073 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
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    PCS compareFort Leonard Wood · W-4 · $1,743/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,766/mo · $33,192/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,023+$12,276/yr · like +$15,738 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-4 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,478 / month
    Westchester County$5,478
    County Cost Group 660$1,761
    County Cost Group 650$1,752
    Saginaw$1,749
    County Cost Group 640$1,746
    Fort Leonard Wood$1,743
    County Cost Group 630$1,737
    Laughlin AFB$1,734
    County Cost Group 620$1,728
    County Cost Group 610$1,722
    Youngstown$1,362

    Fort Leonard Wood is #305 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,116 a month — $49,392 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fort Leonard Wood0 – $2,043 / month
    E-1$1,287
    E-2$1,287
    E-3$1,287
    E-4$1,287
    E-5$1,290
    E-6$1,296
    E-7$1,386
    E-8$1,533
    E-9$1,596
    W-1$1,368
    W-2$1,530
    W-3$1,608
    W-4$1,743
    W-5$1,860
    O-1E$1,476
    O-2E$1,581
    O-3E$1,713
    O-1$1,293
    O-2$1,452
    O-3$1,629
    O-4$1,833
    O-5$1,899
    O-6$2,013
    O-7$2,043

    Promoting to W-5 here adds $117 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 Leonard Wood to Westchester County at W-4 is worth $3,735 a month — about 32 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $117 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 19% 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. $1,743 a month of BAH takes more than $1,743 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.