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
    With $3,396Without $2,811

    W-1 at Warrenton draws $3,396 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,811 without

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    Warrenton, VA
    W-1 · with dependents
    $3,396/ month
    $40,752 / year
    At W-1, this is #53 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,472 · low Youngstown $1,350
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,354 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,811 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
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    PCS compareWarrenton · W-1 · $3,396/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,760/mo · $33,120/yr
    ▼ CUT$636−$7,632/yr · like −$9,785 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,472 / month
    San Francisco$5,472
    Santa Fe$3,435
    Willow Grove$3,420
    Worcester$3,411
    San Bernardino$3,396
    Warrenton$3,396
    Indian Head Navordsta$3,393
    Juneau$3,375
    Boulder$3,363
    Hartford$3,351
    Youngstown$1,350

    Warrenton is #53 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,122 a month — $49,464 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Warrenton0 – $4,674 / month
    E-1$2,868
    E-2$2,868
    E-3$2,868
    E-4$2,868
    E-5$3,066
    E-6$3,378
    E-7$3,480
    E-8$3,594
    E-9$3,816
    W-1$3,396
    W-2$3,528
    W-3$3,669
    W-4$3,873
    W-5$4,122
    O-1E$3,501
    O-2E$3,648
    O-3E$3,912
    O-1$3,111
    O-2$3,375
    O-3$3,666
    O-4$4,206
    O-5$4,599
    O-6$4,638
    O-7$4,674

    Promoting to W-2 here adds $132 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 Warrenton to San Francisco at W-1 is worth $2,076 a month — about 16 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $132 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 21% 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. $3,396 a month of BAH takes more than $3,396 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.