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

    W-3 without dependents at Myrtle Beach draws $2,238 per month in 2026

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    Myrtle Beach, SC
    W-3 · without dependents
    $2,238/ month
    $26,856 / year
    At W-3, this is #164 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,301 · low Youngstown $1,341
    MHA SC262 · ZIPs 29440 29442 29510 29511 29519 29526 +32 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW3USMCCWO3NAVYCWO3
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,869 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,526 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Myrtle Beach — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,989$1,647
    E-2$1,989$1,647
    E-3$1,989$1,647
    E-4$1,989$1,647
    E-5$2,097$1,788
    E-6$2,361$1,881
    E-7$2,418$1,989
    E-8$2,481$2,157
    E-9$2,598$2,226
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,379$1,962
    W-2$2,445$2,154
    W-3$2,526$2,238
    W-4$2,625$2,370
    W-5$2,751$2,433
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,427$2,094
    O-2E$2,511$2,211
    O-3E$2,643$2,352
    Officer
    O-1$2,136$1,875
    O-2$2,358$2,064
    O-3$2,523$2,262
    O-4$2,787$2,415
    O-5$2,982$2,445
    O-6$3,006$2,502
    O-7$3,027$2,544
    PCS compareMyrtle Beach · W-3 · $2,238/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,619/mo · $31,428/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$381+$4,572/yr · like +$5,862 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,301 / month
    San Francisco$5,301
    Salt Lake City$2,250
    Omaha$2,241
    County Cost Group 810$2,238
    Memphis$2,238
    Myrtle Beach$2,238
    Carlisle Barracks$2,235
    Helena$2,235
    Barstow$2,232
    Syracuse$2,229
    Youngstown$1,341

    Myrtle Beach is #164 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,960 a month — $47,520 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Myrtle Beach0 – $2,544 / month
    E-1$1,647
    E-2$1,647
    E-3$1,647
    E-4$1,647
    E-5$1,788
    E-6$1,881
    E-7$1,989
    E-8$2,157
    E-9$2,226
    W-1$1,962
    W-2$2,154
    W-3$2,238
    W-4$2,370
    W-5$2,433
    O-1E$2,094
    O-2E$2,211
    O-3E$2,352
    O-1$1,875
    O-2$2,064
    O-3$2,262
    O-4$2,415
    O-5$2,445
    O-6$2,502
    O-7$2,544

    Promoting to W-4 here adds $132 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 Myrtle Beach to San Francisco at W-3 is worth $3,063 a month — about 23 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $132 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 13% 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. $2,238 a month of BAH takes more than $2,238 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.