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Manchester BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA NH195

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W-5 · With dependents
$4,473per month

$53,676 per year · federal tax-free allowance

Official DoD / DTMO rate · CONUS BAH, not an estimate

National position #36 of 338W-5 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$5,735/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$240/mo · +5.7%2025 $4,233 → 2026 $4,473
W-5 rate selectedMHA NH195 ZIPs 03031 03033 03043 03045 03046 03047 +63
PCS compare Manchester · W-5 · with dep. · $4,473/mo
Manchester $4,473/mo · $53,676/yr
CURRENT

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Comparison uses with-dependents rates. Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

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Rate history

How updates work
2025$4,233
2026$4,473

Verified official history. With-dependents rate shown; use the dependency switch above for its exact comparison.

Manchester — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

W-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,338 / month
Westchester County $7,338
Oakland $4,740
Portland $4,740
Honolulu County $4,692
Fort Monmouth $4,653
Perth Amboy $4,578
Burlington $4,527
Fitchburg $4,506
Seattle $4,503
Marin $4,497
Ventura $4,497
Manchester $4,473
Newport $4,404
West Palm Beach $4,371
Washington $4,350
Providence $4,272
Worcester $4,212
New Haven $4,206
County Cost Group 890 $4,173
Warrenton $4,122
Hawaii County $4,104
Hartford $4,074
Youngstown $1,806

Manchester is #36 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,532 a month — $66,384 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Manchester0 – $4,782 / month
E-1 $2,994
E-2 $2,994
E-3 $2,994
E-4 $2,994
E-5 $3,177
E-6 $3,525
E-7 $3,783
E-8 $4,065
E-9 $4,320
W-1 $3,546
W-2 $3,897
W-3 $4,245
W-4 $4,347
W-5 $4,473
O-1E $3,837
O-2E $4,194
O-3E $4,365
O-1 $3,225
O-2 $3,522
O-3 $4,233
O-4 $4,512
O-5 $4,707
O-6 $4,746
O-7 $4,782

The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

What the rate table does not 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.

Source: DoD Defense Travel Management Office, effective 01 JAN 2026. How these rates are sourced and checked.

Source record

Where these numbers come from

Official fields remain unchanged. Years are aligned by DTMO's MHA code; no missing value is interpolated.

2026 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2026-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-05
Last verified
2026-09-07
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2025 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2025-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Last verified
2026-09-07
SHA-256
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