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-2 with dependents at Reno draws $2,169 per month in 2026

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    Reno/Carson City, NV
    E-2 · with dependents
    $2,169/ month
    $26,028 / year
    At E-2, this is #116 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA NV213 · ZIPs 89402 89412 89424 89431 89432 89433 +43 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,781 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,698 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Reno — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,169$1,698
    E-2$2,169$1,698
    E-3$2,169$1,698
    E-4$2,169$1,698
    E-5$2,391$1,851
    E-6$2,679$2,007
    E-7$2,721$2,178
    E-8$2,766$2,454
    E-9$2,889$2,532
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,697$2,100
    W-2$2,739$2,451
    W-3$2,802$2,544
    W-4$2,922$2,682
    W-5$3,075$2,730
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,724$2,388
    O-2E$2,790$2,514
    O-3E$2,946$2,670
    Officer
    O-1$2,433$1,941
    O-2$2,676$2,322
    O-3$2,799$2,571
    O-4$3,120$2,715
    O-5$3,357$2,736
    O-6$3,384$2,778
    O-7$3,408$2,823
    PCS compareReno · E-2 · $2,169/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$99+$1,188/yr · like +$1,523 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    Great Lakes Navtracen$2,202
    Portland$2,193
    Fort Stewart$2,175
    Fresno$2,175
    Reno$2,169
    County Cost Group 840$2,166
    Fort Carson$2,160
    Dover AFB$2,160
    Richmond$2,157
    Youngstown$1,134

    Reno is #116 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month — $47,196 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Reno0 – $3,408 / month
    E-1$2,169
    E-2$2,169
    E-3$2,169
    E-4$2,169
    E-5$2,391
    E-6$2,679
    E-7$2,721
    E-8$2,766
    E-9$2,889
    W-1$2,697
    W-2$2,739
    W-3$2,802
    W-4$2,922
    W-5$3,075
    O-1E$2,724
    O-2E$2,790
    O-3E$2,946
    O-1$2,433
    O-2$2,676
    O-3$2,799
    O-4$3,120
    O-5$3,357
    O-6$3,384
    O-7$3,408

    Promoting to E-3 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 28% 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. $2,169 a month of BAH takes more than $2,169 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.