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

    W-4 without dependents at Kings Bay draws $2,169 per month in 2026

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    Kings Bay/Brunswick, GA
    W-4 · without dependents
    $2,169/ month
    $26,028 / year
    At W-4, this is #209 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $5,478 · low Youngstown $1,362
    MHA GA074 · ZIPs 31520 31521 31522 31523 31524 31525 +15 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW4USMCCWO4NAVYCWO4
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,781 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,529 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Kings Bay — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareKings Bay · W-4 · $2,169/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,766/mo · $33,192/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$597+$7,164/yr · like +$9,185 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-4 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,478 / month
    Westchester County$5,478
    Baton Rouge$2,187
    El Centro$2,187
    Jackson$2,184
    Kansas City$2,178
    Kings Bay$2,169
    Fort Gordon$2,157
    Fort Knox$2,157
    Toledo$2,157
    Fort Leavenworth$2,151
    Youngstown$1,362

    Kings Bay is #209 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,116 a month — $49,392 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Kings Bay0 – $2,439 / month
    E-1$1,656
    E-2$1,656
    E-3$1,656
    E-4$1,656
    E-5$1,806
    E-6$1,905
    E-7$2,019
    E-8$2,145
    E-9$2,151
    W-1$1,989
    W-2$2,142
    W-3$2,154
    W-4$2,169
    W-5$2,271
    O-1E$2,130
    O-2E$2,148
    O-3E$2,160
    O-1$1,896
    O-2$2,097
    O-3$2,157
    O-4$2,247
    O-5$2,304
    O-6$2,400
    O-7$2,439

    Promoting to W-5 here adds $102 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 W-4 is worth $3,309 a month — about 32 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $102 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 17% 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. $2,169 a month of BAH takes more than $2,169 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.