What is O-6 BAH at Nellis AFB in 2026?

$2,361 per month without dependents ($28,332 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. with dependents it is $2,796 per month.

Does BAH count as taxable income?

No. BAH is excluded from federal taxable income, so a given BAH amount is worth more than the same figure in basic pay.

What happens if my BAH rate drops this year?

BAH rate protection holds you at the prior year's amount as long as your duty location, pay grade and dependency status stay the same. The lower rate applies to members arriving on new orders.

O-6 BAH at Nellis AFB 2026 — $2,361/mo without dependents

Basic Allowance for Housing by duty station, pay grade and dependency status. Official DoD rates, no login, no email.

Nellis AFB/Las Vegas, NV

O-6 · without dependents

$2,361/ month

$28,332 / year

At O-6, this is #206 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,633 · low Anniston $1,665

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,027 / mo gross

Other dependency status here$2,796 with dependents

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Nellis AFB — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,941	$1,629
E-2	$1,941	$1,629
E-3	$1,941	$1,629
E-4	$1,941	$1,629
E-5	$2,070	$1,737
E-6	$2,208	$1,818
E-7	$2,268	$1,941
E-8	$2,337	$2,103
E-9	$2,445	$2,133
Warrant officer
W-1	$2,223	$1,908
W-2	$2,298	$2,100
W-3	$2,385	$2,139
W-4	$2,469	$2,214
W-5	$2,577	$2,283
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$2,277	$2,067
O-2E	$2,370	$2,127
O-3E	$2,487	$2,196
Officer
O-1	$2,094	$1,806
O-2	$2,205	$2,031
O-3	$2,382	$2,151
O-4	$2,610	$2,265
O-5	$2,775	$2,301
O-6	$2,796	$2,361
O-7	$2,814	$2,400

What this rate means

O-6 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,633 / month

Westchester County$6,633

Fort Leavenworth$2,376

Louisville$2,373

Marquette$2,370

Raleigh$2,370

Nellis AFB$2,361

Waco$2,361

Bismarck$2,349

Boise$2,349

Duluth$2,349

Anniston$1,665

Nellis AFB is #206 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,968 a month — $59,616 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Nellis AFB0 – $2,400 / month

E-1$1,629

E-2$1,629

E-3$1,629

E-4$1,629

E-5$1,737

E-6$1,818

E-7$1,941

E-8$2,103

E-9$2,133

W-1$1,908

W-2$2,100

W-3$2,139

W-4$2,214

W-5$2,283

O-1E$2,067

O-2E$2,127

O-3E$2,196

O-1$1,806

O-2$2,031

O-3$2,151

O-4$2,265

O-5$2,301

O-6$2,361

O-7$2,400

Promoting to O-7 here adds $39 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Nellis AFB to Westchester County at O-6 is worth $4,272 a month — about 110 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $39 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 18% 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.

None of it is taxed. $2,361 a month of BAH takes more than $2,361 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

Things the rate table doesn't tell you

“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.

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.

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.

O-6 without dependents at Nellis AFB draws $2,361 per month in 2026

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you