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
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    Dependents
    With $2,946Without $2,670

    O-3E at Reno draws $2,946 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,670 without

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    Reno/Carson City, NV
    O-3E · with dependents
    $2,946/ month
    $35,352 / year
    At O-3E, this is #123 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $7,023 · low Youngstown $1,788
    MHA NV213 · ZIPs 89402 89412 89424 89431 89432 89433 +43 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,777 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,670 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Reno — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareReno · O-3E · $2,946/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,222/mo · $38,664/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$276+$3,312/yr · like +$4,246 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-3E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,023 / month
    Westchester County$7,023
    Rome$2,976
    County Cost Group 830$2,970
    Humboldt County$2,961
    Coastal Maine$2,952
    Reno$2,946
    Twenty Nine Palms MCB$2,940
    Abilene$2,937
    Spokane$2,937
    Dallas$2,934
    Youngstown$1,788

    Reno is #123 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,235 a month — $62,820 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

    Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 10% 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. $2,946 a month of BAH takes more than $2,946 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.