What is O-2E BAH at Fort Riley in 2026?

$1,941 per month with dependents ($23,292 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. Without dependents it is $1,518 per month.

Does BAH count as taxable income?

No. BAH is excluded from federal taxable income, so a given BAH amount is worth more than the same figure in basic pay.

What happens if my BAH rate drops this year?

BAH rate protection holds you at the prior year's amount as long as your duty location, pay grade and dependency status stay the same. The lower rate applies to members arriving on new orders.

O-2E BAH at Fort Riley 2026 — $1,941 with dependents, $1,518 without

Basic Allowance for Housing by duty station, pay grade and dependency status. Official DoD rates, no login, no email.

Fort Riley, KS

O-2E · with dependents

$1,941/ month

$23,292 / year

At O-2E, this is #301 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,564 · low Anniston $1,671

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,488 / mo gross

Without dependents here$1,518 / mo

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Fort Riley — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,272	$1,050
E-2	$1,272	$1,050
E-3	$1,272	$1,050
E-4	$1,272	$1,050
E-5	$1,314	$1,158
E-6	$1,782	$1,338
E-7	$1,845	$1,383
E-8	$1,911	$1,434
E-9	$2,013	$1,548
Warrant officer
W-1	$1,803	$1,353
W-2	$1,872	$1,410
W-3	$1,956	$1,566
W-4	$2,037	$1,794
W-5	$2,139	$1,860
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$1,854	$1,392
O-2E	$1,941	$1,518
O-3E	$2,052	$1,776
Officer
O-1	$1,377	$1,227
O-2	$1,779	$1,386
O-3	$1,953	$1,611
O-4	$2,169	$1,842
O-5	$2,325	$1,875
O-6	$2,340	$1,935
O-7	$2,352	$1,965

What this rate means

O-2E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,564 / month

Westchester County$6,564

Beaumont$1,953

Sault Ste Marie$1,953

County Cost Group 670$1,944

Fort Chaffee$1,944

Fort Riley$1,941

Alexandria$1,935

County Cost Group 660$1,932

Fort Polk$1,929

Meridian$1,929

Anniston$1,671

Fort Riley is #301 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,893 a month — $58,716 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Fort Riley0 – $2,352 / month

E-1$1,272

E-2$1,272

E-3$1,272

E-4$1,272

E-5$1,314

E-6$1,782

E-7$1,845

E-8$1,911

E-9$2,013

W-1$1,803

W-2$1,872

W-3$1,956

W-4$2,037

W-5$2,139

O-1E$1,854

O-2E$1,941

O-3E$2,052

O-1$1,377

O-2$1,779

O-3$1,953

O-4$2,169

O-5$2,325

O-6$2,340

O-7$2,352

Promoting to O-3E here adds $111 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Fort Riley to Westchester County at O-2E is worth $4,623 a month — about 42 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $111 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 28% 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.

None of it is taxed. $1,941 a month of BAH takes more than $1,941 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

Things the rate table doesn't tell you

“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.

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.

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.

O-2E at Fort Riley draws $1,941 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,518 without

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you