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
    With $3,093Without $2,367

    W-1 at New London draws $3,093 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,367 without

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    New London, CT
    W-1 · with dependents
    $3,093/ month
    $37,116 / year
    At W-1, this is #69 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,472 · low Youngstown $1,350
    MHA CT049 · ZIPs 06226 06249 06254 06256 06266 06280 +35 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,965 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,367 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    New London — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareNew London · W-1 · $3,093/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,760/mo · $33,120/yr
    ▼ CUT$333−$3,996/yr · like −$5,123 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,472 / month
    San Francisco$5,472
    Edwards AFB$3,177
    Beale AFB$3,147
    Ann Arbor$3,099
    Cape May$3,093
    New London$3,093
    Denver$3,081
    Fort Detrick$3,081
    Tampa$3,063
    County Cost Group 870$3,018
    Youngstown$1,350

    New London is #69 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,122 a month — $49,464 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at New London0 – $3,966 / month
    E-1$2,412
    E-2$2,412
    E-3$2,412
    E-4$2,412
    E-5$2,580
    E-6$3,072
    E-7$3,159
    E-8$3,249
    E-9$3,405
    W-1$3,093
    W-2$3,195
    W-3$3,309
    W-4$3,441
    W-5$3,603
    O-1E$3,174
    O-2E$3,291
    O-3E$3,465
    O-1$2,646
    O-2$3,069
    O-3$3,306
    O-4$3,654
    O-5$3,906
    O-6$3,939
    O-7$3,966

    Promoting to W-2 here adds $102 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 New London to San Francisco at W-1 is worth $2,379 a month — about 23 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $102 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 31% 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. $3,093 a month of BAH takes more than $3,093 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.