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.

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    Dependents

    W-1 without dependents at Nellis AFB draws $1,908 per month in 2026

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    Nellis AFB/Las Vegas, NV
    W-1 · without dependents
    $1,908/ month
    $22,896 / year
    At W-1, this is #162 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,085 · low Youngstown $1,128
    MHA NV212 · ZIPs 89002 89004 89005 89006 89007 89009 +111 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,446 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,223 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
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    PCS compareNellis AFB · W-1 · $1,908/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,205/mo · $26,460/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$297+$3,564/yr · like +$4,569 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,085 / month
    New York City$5,085
    Spokane$1,932
    Twenty Nine Palms MCB$1,929
    Albuquerque$1,926
    Helena$1,917
    Nellis AFB$1,908
    Raleigh$1,908
    Houston$1,905
    Wilmington$1,905
    Rochester$1,902
    Youngstown$1,128

    Nellis AFB is #162 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,957 a month — $47,484 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 W-2 here adds $192 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 Nellis AFB to New York City at W-1 is worth $3,177 a month — about 17 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $192 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 17% 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. $1,908 a month of BAH takes more than $1,908 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.