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-1 without dependents at Reno draws $2,100 per month in 2026

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    Reno/Carson City, NV
    W-1 · without dependents
    $2,100/ month
    $25,200 / year
    At W-1, this is #127 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,085 · low Youngstown $1,128
    MHA NV213 · ZIPs 89402 89412 89424 89431 89432 89433 +43 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,692 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,697 with 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 · W-1 · $2,100/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,205/mo · $26,460/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$105+$1,260/yr · like +$1,615 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,085 / month
    New York City$5,085
    Dahlonega$2,115
    Astoria$2,112
    Brunswick$2,109
    Fort Carson$2,103
    Reno$2,100
    Richmond$2,094
    Whidbey Island$2,076
    Nashville$2,070
    Rome$2,070
    Youngstown$1,128

    Reno is #127 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,957 a month — $47,484 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Reno0 – $2,823 / month
    E-1$1,698
    E-2$1,698
    E-3$1,698
    E-4$1,698
    E-5$1,851
    E-6$2,007
    E-7$2,178
    E-8$2,454
    E-9$2,532
    W-1$2,100
    W-2$2,451
    W-3$2,544
    W-4$2,682
    W-5$2,730
    O-1E$2,388
    O-2E$2,514
    O-3E$2,670
    O-1$1,941
    O-2$2,322
    O-3$2,571
    O-4$2,715
    O-5$2,736
    O-6$2,778
    O-7$2,823

    Promoting to W-2 here adds $351 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 Reno to New York City at W-1 is worth $2,985 a month — about 9 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $351 per grade here.

    02

    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. $2,100 a month of BAH takes more than $2,100 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.