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.

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    Dependents

    W-4 without dependents at Santa Fe draws $3,435 per month in 2026

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    Santa Fe/Los Alamos, NM
    W-4 · without dependents
    $3,435/ month
    $41,220 / year
    At W-4, this is #49 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $5,478 · low Youngstown $1,362
    MHA NM210 · ZIPs 87010 87015 87056 87501 87502 87503 +15 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW4USMCCWO4NAVYCWO4
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,404 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,780 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Santa Fe — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareSanta Fe · W-4 · $3,435/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,766/mo · $33,192/yr
    ▼ CUT$669−$8,028/yr · like −$10,292 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-4 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,478 / month
    Westchester County$5,478
    Newport$3,507
    Providence$3,498
    Vallejo$3,489
    JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst$3,450
    Santa Fe$3,435
    Worcester$3,417
    Indian Head Navordsta$3,396
    Warrenton$3,396
    Willow Grove$3,396
    Youngstown$1,362

    Santa Fe is #49 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,116 a month — $49,392 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Santa Fe0 – $3,756 / month
    E-1$1,977
    E-2$1,977
    E-3$1,977
    E-4$1,977
    E-5$2,223
    E-6$2,562
    E-7$2,652
    E-8$3,057
    E-9$3,189
    W-1$2,577
    W-2$3,054
    W-3$3,204
    W-4$3,435
    W-5$3,546
    O-1E$2,961
    O-2E$3,159
    O-3E$3,408
    O-1$2,310
    O-2$2,856
    O-3$3,249
    O-4$3,522
    O-5$3,585
    O-6$3,693
    O-7$3,756

    Promoting to W-5 here adds $111 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 Santa Fe to Westchester County at W-4 is worth $2,043 a month — about 18 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $111 per grade here.

    02

    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. $3,435 a month of BAH takes more than $3,435 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.