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
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    Dependents
    With $4,473Without $3,846

    W-5 at Manchester draws $4,473 per month with dependents in 2026, $3,846 without

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    Manchester/Concord, NH
    W-5 · with dependents
    $4,473/ month
    $53,676 / year
    At W-5, this is #36 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $7,338 · low Youngstown $1,806
    MHA NH195 · ZIPs 03031 03033 03043 03045 03046 03047 +63 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW5USMCCWO5NAVYCWO5
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$5,735 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$3,846 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Manchester — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareManchester · W-5 · $4,473/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,348/mo · $40,176/yr
    ▼ CUT$1,125−$13,500/yr · like −$17,308 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,338 / month
    Westchester County$7,338
    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
    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

    Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 16% 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. $4,473 a month of BAH takes more than $4,473 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.