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-5 without dependents at Fort Myers Beach draws $3,036 per month in 2026

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    Fort Myers Beach, FL
    O-5 · without dependents
    $3,036/ month
    $36,432 / year
    At O-5, this is #86 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,162 · low Youngstown $1,593
    MHA FL424 · ZIPs 33901 33902 33903 33904 33905 33906 +41 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,892 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,504 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fort Myers Beach — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,553$2,094
    E-2$2,553$2,094
    E-3$2,553$2,094
    E-4$2,553$2,094
    E-5$2,694$2,295
    E-6$2,919$2,421
    E-7$2,994$2,556
    E-8$3,078$2,745
    E-9$3,192$2,802
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,937$2,514
    W-2$3,027$2,742
    W-3$3,132$2,814
    W-4$3,213$2,931
    W-5$3,315$3,012
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,006$2,691
    O-2E$3,114$2,790
    O-3E$3,228$2,910
    Officer
    O-1$2,730$2,406
    O-2$2,916$2,652
    O-3$3,129$2,835
    O-4$3,345$2,991
    O-5$3,504$3,036
    O-6$3,531$3,111
    O-7$3,555$3,165
    PCS compareFort Myers Beach · O-5 · $3,036/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,934/mo · $35,208/yr
    ▼ CUT−$102−$1,224/yr · like −$1,569 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,162 / month
    Westchester County$6,162
    Tampa$3,057
    Astoria$3,045
    Baltimore$3,045
    Kodiak Island$3,039
    Fort Myers Beach$3,036
    JB Lewis-McChord$3,030
    Outer Banks$3,018
    Sacramento$3,003
    Milwaukee$2,994
    Youngstown$1,593

    Fort Myers Beach is #86 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,569 a month — $54,828 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fort Myers Beach0 – $3,165 / month
    E-1$2,094
    E-2$2,094
    E-3$2,094
    E-4$2,094
    E-5$2,295
    E-6$2,421
    E-7$2,556
    E-8$2,745
    E-9$2,802
    W-1$2,514
    W-2$2,742
    W-3$2,814
    W-4$2,931
    W-5$3,012
    O-1E$2,691
    O-2E$2,790
    O-3E$2,910
    O-1$2,406
    O-2$2,652
    O-3$2,835
    O-4$2,991
    O-5$3,036
    O-6$3,111
    O-7$3,165

    Promoting to O-6 here adds $75 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 Myers Beach to Westchester County at O-5 is worth $3,126 a month — about 42 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $75 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 15% 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. $3,036 a month of BAH takes more than $3,036 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.