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 Port Angeles draws $2,664 per month in 2026

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    Port Angeles, WA
    W-3 · without dependents
    $2,664/ month
    $31,968 / year
    At W-3, this is #91 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,301 · low Youngstown $1,341
    MHA WA308 · ZIPs 98305 98324 98325 98326 98331 98339 +11 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW3USMCCWO3NAVYCWO3
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,415 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,084 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Port Angeles — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,145$1,671
    E-2$2,145$1,671
    E-3$2,145$1,671
    E-4$2,145$1,671
    E-5$2,436$1,827
    E-6$2,859$2,145
    E-7$2,940$2,205
    E-8$3,027$2,526
    E-9$3,138$2,646
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,880$2,160
    W-2$2,976$2,523
    W-3$3,084$2,664
    W-4$3,159$2,874
    W-5$3,258$2,958
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,955$2,433
    O-2E$3,066$2,619
    O-3E$3,174$2,853
    Officer
    O-1$2,493$1,869
    O-2$2,856$2,340
    O-3$3,081$2,706
    O-4$3,285$2,940
    O-5$3,435$2,982
    O-6$3,462$3,060
    O-7$3,489$3,114
    PCS comparePort Angeles · W-3 · $2,664/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,619/mo · $31,428/yr
    ▼ CUT−$45−$540/yr · like −$692 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,301 / month
    San Francisco$5,301
    Patrick SFB$2,706
    Austin$2,673
    County Cost Group 860$2,670
    Minneapolis$2,667
    Port Angeles$2,664
    Kodiak Island$2,655
    Milwaukee$2,652
    Dallas$2,649
    Fresno$2,646
    Youngstown$1,341

    Port Angeles is #91 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 Port Angeles0 – $3,114 / month
    E-1$1,671
    E-2$1,671
    E-3$1,671
    E-4$1,671
    E-5$1,827
    E-6$2,145
    E-7$2,205
    E-8$2,526
    E-9$2,646
    W-1$2,160
    W-2$2,523
    W-3$2,664
    W-4$2,874
    W-5$2,958
    O-1E$2,433
    O-2E$2,619
    O-3E$2,853
    O-1$1,869
    O-2$2,340
    O-3$2,706
    O-4$2,940
    O-5$2,982
    O-6$3,060
    O-7$3,114

    Promoting to W-4 here adds $210 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 Port Angeles to San Francisco at W-3 is worth $2,637 a month — about 13 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $210 per grade here.

    02

    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. $2,664 a month of BAH takes more than $2,664 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.