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 Indianapolis draws $1,716 per month in 2026

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    Indianapolis, IN
    W-1 · without dependents
    $1,716/ month
    $20,592 / year
    At W-1, this is #211 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,085 · low Youngstown $1,128
    MHA IN094 · ZIPs 46030 46031 46032 46033 46034 46037 +110 more
    Your grade is calledARMYWO1USMCWONAVYWO1
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,200 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,229 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Indianapolis — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,749$1,395
    E-2$1,749$1,395
    E-3$1,749$1,395
    E-4$1,749$1,395
    E-5$1,875$1,533
    E-6$2,208$1,656
    E-7$2,244$1,749
    E-8$2,283$1,947
    E-9$2,346$2,040
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,229$1,716
    W-2$2,259$1,944
    W-3$2,310$2,055
    W-4$2,361$2,211
    W-5$2,433$2,250
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,247$1,872
    O-2E$2,298$2,019
    O-3E$2,373$2,202
    Officer
    O-1$1,923$1,617
    O-2$2,205$1,836
    O-3$2,307$2,085
    O-4$2,451$2,238
    O-5$2,559$2,253
    O-6$2,577$2,286
    O-7$2,592$2,322
    PCS compareIndianapolis · W-1 · $1,716/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,205/mo · $26,460/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$489+$5,868/yr · like +$7,523 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,085 / month
    New York City$5,085
    County Cost Group 790$1,728
    Fort Leavenworth$1,725
    State College$1,722
    Bloomington$1,716
    Indianapolis$1,716
    Fort Bragg$1,707
    Roanoke$1,695
    Rock Island$1,695
    San Antonio (JBSA)$1,692
    Youngstown$1,128

    Indianapolis is #211 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 Indianapolis0 – $2,322 / month
    E-1$1,395
    E-2$1,395
    E-3$1,395
    E-4$1,395
    E-5$1,533
    E-6$1,656
    E-7$1,749
    E-8$1,947
    E-9$2,040
    W-1$1,716
    W-2$1,944
    W-3$2,055
    W-4$2,211
    W-5$2,250
    O-1E$1,872
    O-2E$2,019
    O-3E$2,202
    O-1$1,617
    O-2$1,836
    O-3$2,085
    O-4$2,238
    O-5$2,253
    O-6$2,286
    O-7$2,322

    Promoting to W-2 here adds $228 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 Indianapolis to New York City at W-1 is worth $3,369 a month — about 15 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $228 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 30% 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. $1,716 a month of BAH takes more than $1,716 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.