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-4 without dependents at Manchester draws $3,801 per month in 2026

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    Manchester/Concord, NH
    O-4 · without dependents
    $3,801/ month
    $45,612 / year
    At O-4, this is #37 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $5,874 · low Youngstown $1,497
    MHA NH195 · ZIPs 03031 03033 03043 03045 03046 03047 +63 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,873 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$4,512 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Manchester — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,994$2,250
    E-2$2,994$2,250
    E-3$2,994$2,250
    E-4$2,994$2,250
    E-5$3,177$2,613
    E-6$3,525$2,823
    E-7$3,783$2,997
    E-8$4,065$3,252
    E-9$4,320$3,348
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,546$2,940
    W-2$3,897$3,249
    W-3$4,245$3,363
    W-4$4,347$3,582
    W-5$4,473$3,846
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,837$3,174
    O-2E$4,194$3,327
    O-3E$4,365$3,516
    Officer
    O-1$3,225$2,805
    O-2$3,522$3,120
    O-3$4,233$3,396
    O-4$4,512$3,801
    O-5$4,707$3,960
    O-6$4,746$4,224
    O-7$4,782$4,299
    PCS compareManchester · O-4 · $3,801/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,865/mo · $34,380/yr
    ▼ CUT−$936−$11,232/yr · like −$14,400 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-4 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,874 / month
    Westchester County$5,874
    Burlington$3,918
    Hawaii County$3,867
    Washington$3,855
    Portland$3,843
    Manchester$3,801
    New Haven$3,759
    West Palm Beach$3,741
    Newport$3,717
    Chicago$3,699
    Youngstown$1,497

    Manchester is #37 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,377 a month — $52,524 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Manchester0 – $4,299 / month
    E-1$2,250
    E-2$2,250
    E-3$2,250
    E-4$2,250
    E-5$2,613
    E-6$2,823
    E-7$2,997
    E-8$3,252
    E-9$3,348
    W-1$2,940
    W-2$3,249
    W-3$3,363
    W-4$3,582
    W-5$3,846
    O-1E$3,174
    O-2E$3,327
    O-3E$3,516
    O-1$2,805
    O-2$3,120
    O-3$3,396
    O-4$3,801
    O-5$3,960
    O-6$4,224
    O-7$4,299

    Promoting to O-5 here adds $159 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 Manchester to Westchester County at O-4 is worth $2,073 a month — about 13 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $159 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 19% 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. $3,801 a month of BAH takes more than $3,801 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.