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
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    Dependents
    With $2,175Without $1,740

    E-1 at Fresno draws $2,175 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,740 without

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    Fresno, CA
    E-1 · with dependents
    $2,175/ month
    $26,100 / year
    At E-1, this is #115 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA CA022 · ZIPs 93210 93234 93242 93601 93602 93604 +107 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,788 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,740 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fresno — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareFresno · E-1 · $2,175/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$93+$1,116/yr · like +$1,431 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    Ocala$2,205
    Great Lakes Navtracen$2,202
    Portland$2,193
    Fort Stewart$2,175
    Fresno$2,175
    Reno$2,169
    County Cost Group 840$2,166
    Fort Carson$2,160
    Dover AFB$2,160
    Youngstown$1,134

    Fresno is #115 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 Fresno0 – $3,465 / month
    E-1$2,175
    E-2$2,175
    E-3$2,175
    E-4$2,175
    E-5$2,439
    E-6$2,826
    E-7$2,868
    E-8$2,910
    E-9$3,015
    W-1$2,847
    W-2$2,883
    W-3$2,940
    W-4$3,042
    W-5$3,174
    O-1E$2,871
    O-2E$2,928
    O-3E$3,063
    O-1$2,490
    O-2$2,823
    O-3$2,937
    O-4$3,213
    O-5$3,414
    O-6$3,441
    O-7$3,465

    Promoting to E-2 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 25% 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. $2,175 a month of BAH takes more than $2,175 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.