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
    With $2,748Without $2,250

    W-3 at Salt Lake City draws $2,748 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,250 without

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    Salt Lake City, UT
    W-3 · with dependents
    $2,748/ month
    $32,976 / year
    At W-3, this is #140 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,654 · low Anniston $1,689
    MHA UT292 · ZIPs 84006 84009 84010 84014 84020 84029 +69 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW3USMCCWO3NAVYCWO3
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,523 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,250 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Salt Lake City — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,944$1,536
    E-2$1,944$1,536
    E-3$1,944$1,536
    E-4$1,944$1,536
    E-5$2,130$1,671
    E-6$2,358$1,773
    E-7$2,496$1,950
    E-8$2,649$2,181
    E-9$2,802$2,241
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,376$1,887
    W-2$2,559$2,178
    W-3$2,748$2,250
    W-4$2,823$2,385
    W-5$2,922$2,529
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,523$2,127
    O-2E$2,718$2,226
    O-3E$2,838$2,349
    Officer
    O-1$2,166$1,752
    O-2$2,355$2,070
    O-3$2,742$2,271
    O-4$2,946$2,502
    O-5$3,096$2,586
    O-6$3,120$2,727
    O-7$3,141$2,772
    PCS compareSalt Lake City · W-3 · $2,748/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,075/mo · $36,900/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$327+$3,924/yr · like +$5,031 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,654 / month
    Westchester County$6,654
    St. Louis$2,763
    Rochester$2,760
    Barstow$2,751
    Atlanta$2,748
    Salt Lake City$2,748
    Savannah$2,748
    County Cost Group 820$2,733
    Charleston$2,724
    Panama City$2,712
    Anniston$1,689

    Salt Lake City is #140 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,965 a month — $59,580 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Salt Lake City0 – $3,141 / month
    E-1$1,944
    E-2$1,944
    E-3$1,944
    E-4$1,944
    E-5$2,130
    E-6$2,358
    E-7$2,496
    E-8$2,649
    E-9$2,802
    W-1$2,376
    W-2$2,559
    W-3$2,748
    W-4$2,823
    W-5$2,922
    O-1E$2,523
    O-2E$2,718
    O-3E$2,838
    O-1$2,166
    O-2$2,355
    O-3$2,742
    O-4$2,946
    O-5$3,096
    O-6$3,120
    O-7$3,141

    Promoting to W-4 here adds $75 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 Salt Lake City to Westchester County at W-3 is worth $3,906 a month — about 52 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $75 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 22% 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. $2,748 a month of BAH takes more than $2,748 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.