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-5 with dependents at Kings Bay draws $2,916 per month in 2026

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    Kings Bay/Brunswick, GA
    O-5 · with dependents
    $2,916/ month
    $34,992 / year
    At O-5, this is #187 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $8,064 · low Youngstown $1,827
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,738 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,304 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Kings Bay — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,016$1,656
    E-2$2,016$1,656
    E-3$2,016$1,656
    E-4$2,016$1,656
    E-5$2,133$1,806
    E-6$2,157$1,905
    E-7$2,250$2,019
    E-8$2,352$2,145
    E-9$2,499$2,151
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,172$1,989
    W-2$2,292$2,142
    W-3$2,421$2,154
    W-4$2,529$2,169
    W-5$2,664$2,271
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,265$2,130
    O-2E$2,400$2,148
    O-3E$2,550$2,160
    Officer
    O-1$2,145$1,896
    O-2$2,154$2,097
    O-3$2,418$2,157
    O-4$2,706$2,247
    O-5$2,916$2,304
    O-6$2,937$2,400
    O-7$2,955$2,439
    PCS compareKings Bay · O-5 · $2,916/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,630/mo · $43,560/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$714+$8,568/yr · like +$10,985 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $8,064 / month
    Westchester County$8,064
    Auburn$2,934
    Scott AFB$2,928
    Ocala$2,922
    Cheyenne$2,916
    Kings Bay$2,916
    Fort Carson$2,913
    Grand Haven$2,913
    County Cost Group 790$2,907
    Des Moines$2,904
    Youngstown$1,827

    Kings Bay is #187 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $6,237 a month — $74,844 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Kings Bay0 – $2,955 / month
    E-1$2,016
    E-2$2,016
    E-3$2,016
    E-4$2,016
    E-5$2,133
    E-6$2,157
    E-7$2,250
    E-8$2,352
    E-9$2,499
    W-1$2,172
    W-2$2,292
    W-3$2,421
    W-4$2,529
    W-5$2,664
    O-1E$2,265
    O-2E$2,400
    O-3E$2,550
    O-1$2,145
    O-2$2,154
    O-3$2,418
    O-4$2,706
    O-5$2,916
    O-6$2,937
    O-7$2,955

    Promoting to O-6 here adds $21 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 Kings Bay to Westchester County at O-5 is worth $5,148 a month — about 245 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $21 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 27% 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. $2,916 a month of BAH takes more than $2,916 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.