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-2E without dependents at Fort Rucker draws $1,674 per month in 2026

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    Fort Rucker, AL
    O-2E · without dependents
    $1,674/ month
    $20,088 / year
    At O-2E, this is #280 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,268 · low Youngstown $1,305
    MHA AL002 · ZIPs 36301 36302 36303 36304 36305 36310 +35 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,146 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,232 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fort Rucker — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,440$1,167
    E-2$1,440$1,167
    E-3$1,440$1,167
    E-4$1,440$1,167
    E-5$1,572$1,251
    E-6$1,743$1,317
    E-7$1,929$1,446
    E-8$2,136$1,611
    E-9$2,346$1,761
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,761$1,407
    W-2$2,013$1,608
    W-3$2,268$1,764
    W-4$2,373$1,800
    W-5$2,502$1,977
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,968$1,569
    O-2E$2,232$1,674
    O-3E$2,394$1,797
    Officer
    O-1$1,602$1,305
    O-2$1,740$1,533
    O-3$2,262$1,767
    O-4$2,541$1,941
    O-5$2,742$2,058
    O-6$2,760$2,247
    O-7$2,778$2,283
    PCS compareFort Rucker · O-2E · $1,674/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,592/mo · $31,104/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$918+$11,016/yr · like +$14,123 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,268 / month
    San Francisco$5,268
    Sumter$1,695
    Beaumont$1,692
    County Cost Group 730$1,689
    Goodfellow AFB$1,689
    Fort Rucker$1,674
    County Cost Group 720$1,665
    Columbus AFB$1,659
    Brownsville$1,656
    Springfield$1,656
    Youngstown$1,305

    Fort Rucker is #280 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,963 a month — $47,556 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fort Rucker0 – $2,283 / month
    E-1$1,167
    E-2$1,167
    E-3$1,167
    E-4$1,167
    E-5$1,251
    E-6$1,317
    E-7$1,446
    E-8$1,611
    E-9$1,761
    W-1$1,407
    W-2$1,608
    W-3$1,764
    W-4$1,800
    W-5$1,977
    O-1E$1,569
    O-2E$1,674
    O-3E$1,797
    O-1$1,305
    O-2$1,533
    O-3$1,767
    O-4$1,941
    O-5$2,058
    O-6$2,247
    O-7$2,283

    Promoting to O-3E here adds $123 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 Rucker to San Francisco at O-2E is worth $3,594 a month — about 29 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $123 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $1,674 a month of BAH takes more than $1,674 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.