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-4 with dependents at Topeka draws $2,187 per month in 2026

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    Topeka, KS
    W-4 · with dependents
    $2,187/ month
    $26,244 / year
    At W-4, this is #268 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,963 · low Stevens Point $1,779
    MHA KS105 · ZIPs 66402 66409 66420 66533 66539 66542 +32 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW4USMCCWO4NAVYCWO4
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,804 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,878 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Topeka — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,503$1,185
    E-2$1,503$1,185
    E-3$1,503$1,185
    E-4$1,503$1,185
    E-5$1,626$1,302
    E-6$1,869$1,398
    E-7$1,938$1,506
    E-8$2,016$1,680
    E-9$2,154$1,743
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,884$1,473
    W-2$1,968$1,677
    W-3$2,067$1,755
    W-4$2,187$1,878
    W-5$2,337$1,953
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,950$1,623
    O-2E$2,049$1,728
    O-3E$2,211$1,857
    Officer
    O-1$1,662$1,377
    O-2$1,866$1,590
    O-3$2,064$1,776
    O-4$2,385$1,935
    O-5$2,619$1,974
    O-6$2,637$2,043
    O-7$2,655$2,076
    PCS compareTopeka · W-4 · $2,187/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,198/mo · $38,376/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,011+$12,132/yr · like +$15,554 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,963 / month
    Westchester County$6,963
    Wilkes-Barre$2,214
    County Cost Group 740$2,193
    Sioux Falls$2,193
    Camp Lejeune$2,187
    Topeka$2,187
    San Antonio (JBSA)$2,178
    Gulfport$2,175
    Paducah$2,175
    Sumter$2,169
    Stevens Point$1,779

    Topeka is #268 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,184 a month — $62,208 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Topeka0 – $2,655 / month
    E-1$1,503
    E-2$1,503
    E-3$1,503
    E-4$1,503
    E-5$1,626
    E-6$1,869
    E-7$1,938
    E-8$2,016
    E-9$2,154
    W-1$1,884
    W-2$1,968
    W-3$2,067
    W-4$2,187
    W-5$2,337
    O-1E$1,950
    O-2E$2,049
    O-3E$2,211
    O-1$1,662
    O-2$1,866
    O-3$2,064
    O-4$2,385
    O-5$2,619
    O-6$2,637
    O-7$2,655

    Promoting to W-5 here adds $150 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 Topeka to Westchester County at W-4 is worth $4,776 a month — about 32 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $150 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 16% 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. $2,187 a month of BAH takes more than $2,187 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.