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

    E-6 with dependents at Providence draws $3,456 per month in 2026

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    Providence, RI
    E-6 · with dependents
    $3,456/ month
    $41,472 / year
    At E-6, this is #46 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,454 · low Youngstown $1,335
    MHA RI257 · ZIPs 01504 01529 02019 02038 02070 02093 +96 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSSGUSMCSSgtNAVYPO1USAFTSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,431 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,907 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Providence — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$3,045$2,283
    E-2$3,045$2,283
    E-3$3,045$2,283
    E-4$3,045$2,283
    E-5$3,195$2,682
    E-6$3,456$2,907
    E-7$3,657$3,048
    E-8$3,876$3,255
    E-9$4,101$3,324
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,477$3,006
    W-2$3,747$3,252
    W-3$4,017$3,333
    W-4$4,131$3,498
    W-5$4,272$3,708
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,699$3,192
    O-2E$3,978$3,306
    O-3E$4,152$3,447
    Officer
    O-1$3,234$2,892
    O-2$3,453$3,150
    O-3$4,008$3,357
    O-4$4,317$3,669
    O-5$4,533$3,792
    O-6$4,572$3,996
    O-7$4,608$4,068
    PCS compareProvidence · E-6 · $3,456/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,742/mo · $32,904/yr
    ▼ CUT−$714−$8,568/yr · like −$10,985 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-6 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,454 / month
    San Francisco$5,454
    Manchester$3,525
    County Cost Group 890$3,522
    Vallejo$3,498
    Fitchburg$3,468
    Providence$3,456
    Newport$3,447
    JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst$3,444
    Santa Fe$3,414
    Willow Grove$3,399
    Youngstown$1,335

    Providence is #46 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,119 a month — $49,428 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Providence0 – $4,608 / month
    E-1$3,045
    E-2$3,045
    E-3$3,045
    E-4$3,045
    E-5$3,195
    E-6$3,456
    E-7$3,657
    E-8$3,876
    E-9$4,101
    W-1$3,477
    W-2$3,747
    W-3$4,017
    W-4$4,131
    W-5$4,272
    O-1E$3,699
    O-2E$3,978
    O-3E$4,152
    O-1$3,234
    O-2$3,453
    O-3$4,008
    O-4$4,317
    O-5$4,533
    O-6$4,572
    O-7$4,608

    Promoting to E-7 here adds $201 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 Providence to San Francisco at E-6 is worth $1,998 a month — about 10 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $201 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 19% 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. $3,456 a month of BAH takes more than $3,456 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.