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

    W-1 without dependents at Hampden County draws $2,241 per month in 2026

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    Hampden County, MA
    W-1 · without dependents
    $2,241/ month
    $26,892 / year
    At W-1, this is #94 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,085 · low Youngstown $1,128
    MHA MA126 · ZIPs 01001 01002 01003 01004 01007 01008 +114 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,873 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,874 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Hampden County — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,268$1,752
    E-2$2,268$1,752
    E-3$2,268$1,752
    E-4$2,268$1,752
    E-5$2,388$2,007
    E-6$2,850$2,154
    E-7$3,063$2,298
    E-8$3,288$2,484
    E-9$3,522$2,643
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,874$2,241
    W-2$3,153$2,481
    W-3$3,435$2,646
    W-4$3,555$2,898
    W-5$3,702$3,114
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,105$2,385
    O-2E$3,393$2,589
    O-3E$3,576$2,844
    Officer
    O-1$2,451$2,145
    O-2$2,847$2,352
    O-3$3,426$2,682
    O-4$3,747$3,075
    O-5$3,978$3,201
    O-6$4,011$3,414
    O-7$4,038$3,474
    PCS compareHampden County · W-1 · $2,241/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,205/mo · $26,460/yr
    ▼ CUT−$36−$432/yr · like −$554 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,085 / month
    New York City$5,085
    County Cost Group 860$2,277
    Patrick SFB$2,274
    Bremerton$2,244
    Elizabeth City$2,241
    Hampden County$2,241
    Allentown$2,232
    Charlottesville$2,232
    Patuxent River$2,232
    Atlanta$2,226
    Youngstown$1,128

    Hampden County is #94 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,957 a month — $47,484 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Hampden County0 – $3,474 / month
    E-1$1,752
    E-2$1,752
    E-3$1,752
    E-4$1,752
    E-5$2,007
    E-6$2,154
    E-7$2,298
    E-8$2,484
    E-9$2,643
    W-1$2,241
    W-2$2,481
    W-3$2,646
    W-4$2,898
    W-5$3,114
    O-1E$2,385
    O-2E$2,589
    O-3E$2,844
    O-1$2,145
    O-2$2,352
    O-3$2,682
    O-4$3,075
    O-5$3,201
    O-6$3,414
    O-7$3,474

    Promoting to W-2 here adds $240 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 Hampden County to New York City at W-1 is worth $2,844 a month — about 12 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $240 per grade here.

    02

    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.

    03

    None of it is taxed. $2,241 a month of BAH takes more than $2,241 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.