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.

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    Dependents

    E-6 without dependents at Holloman AFB draws $1,401 per month in 2026

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    Holloman AFB/Alamogordo, NM
    E-6 · without dependents
    $1,401/ month
    $16,812 / year
    At E-6, this is #281 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,070 · low Youngstown $1,077
    MHA NM205 · ZIPs 88310 88311 88314 88317 88325 88330 +10 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,796 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,869 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Holloman AFB — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareHolloman AFB · E-6 · $1,401/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,076/mo · $24,912/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$675+$8,100/yr · like +$10,385 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-6 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,070 / month
    New York City$5,070
    County Cost Group 740$1,419
    Gulfport$1,416
    Yuma$1,413
    Paducah$1,407
    Holloman AFB$1,401
    Topeka$1,398
    County Cost Group 730$1,395
    Brownsville$1,392
    Springfield$1,392
    Youngstown$1,077

    Holloman AFB is #281 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,993 a month — $47,916 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Holloman AFB0 – $1,911 / month
    E-1$1,131
    E-2$1,131
    E-3$1,131
    E-4$1,131
    E-5$1,197
    E-6$1,401
    E-7$1,425
    E-8$1,650
    E-9$1,725
    W-1$1,416
    W-2$1,647
    W-3$1,737
    W-4$1,863
    W-5$1,881
    O-1E$1,587
    O-2E$1,710
    O-3E$1,860
    O-1$1,245
    O-2$1,536
    O-3$1,764
    O-4$1,869
    O-5$1,884
    O-6$1,887
    O-7$1,911

    Promoting to E-7 here adds $24 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 Holloman AFB to New York City at E-6 is worth $3,669 a month — about 153 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $24 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. $1,401 a month of BAH takes more than $1,401 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.