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.

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    Warrant
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    W-2 without dependents at West Palm Beach draws $3,462 per month in 2026

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    West Palm Beach, FL
    W-2 · without dependents
    $3,462/ month
    $41,544 / year
    At W-2, this is #31 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,193 · low Youngstown $1,224
    MHA FL067 · ZIPs 33401 33402 33403 33404 33405 33406 +60 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW2USMCCWO2NAVYCWO2
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,438 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,798 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    West Palm Beach — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$3,189$2,409
    E-2$3,189$2,409
    E-3$3,189$2,409
    E-4$3,189$2,409
    E-5$3,423$2,763
    E-6$3,606$2,976
    E-7$3,738$3,198
    E-8$3,885$3,465
    E-9$4,110$3,510
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,624$3,117
    W-2$3,798$3,462
    W-3$3,981$3,519
    W-4$4,155$3,630
    W-5$4,371$3,771
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,765$3,420
    O-2E$3,954$3,498
    O-3E$4,191$3,594
    Officer
    O-1$3,453$2,952
    O-2$3,603$3,348
    O-3$3,975$3,534
    O-4$4,443$3,741
    O-5$4,782$3,822
    O-6$4,824$3,960
    O-7$4,860$4,029
    PCS compareWest Palm Beach · W-2 · $3,462/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,535/mo · $30,420/yr
    ▼ CUT−$927−$11,124/yr · like −$14,262 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-2 without dependents, every station0 – $5,193 / month
    San Francisco$5,193
    New York City$5,097
    Northern New Jersey$4,812
    Boston$4,800
    Santa Clara County$4,725
    Westchester County$4,653
    Long Island$4,497
    Nantucket$4,497
    Maui County$4,419
    Hanscom AFB$4,248
    Martha's Vineyard$4,107
    San Diego$4,062
    Camp Pendleton$4,053
    Florida Keys$3,990
    Cape Cod-Plymouth$3,945
    Los Angeles$3,945
    Kauai County$3,894
    Oakland$3,831
    Staten Island$3,831
    Honolulu County$3,717
    Miami$3,690
    Fort Monmouth$3,654
    Hawaii County$3,645
    Ventura$3,633
    West Point$3,597
    Trenton$3,567
    Monterey$3,546
    Essex CO$3,534
    Perth Amboy$3,528
    Chicago$3,495
    West Palm Beach$3,462
    Marin$3,408
    Vallejo$3,399
    Portsmouth$3,396
    Vandenberg SFB$3,396
    Riverside$3,393
    San Luis Obispo$3,345
    Portland$3,318
    San Bernardino$3,309
    Seattle$3,288
    Indian Head Navordsta$3,279
    Washington$3,258
    Providence$3,252
    Manchester$3,249
    Burlington$3,243
    County Cost Group 890$3,231
    New Haven$3,198
    Fitchburg$3,171
    Warrenton$3,129
    Santa Fe$3,054
    Willow Grove$3,027
    Worcester$3,015
    Beale AFB$3,003
    Quantico$3,003
    Annapolis$2,988
    Hartford$2,988
    Fort G. G. Meade$2,979
    Newport$2,967
    JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst$2,949
    County Cost Group 880$2,922
    Sacramento$2,922
    Denver$2,886
    Boulder$2,871
    Everett$2,847
    Cape May$2,820
    Atlantic City$2,781
    Tampa$2,778
    Edwards AFB$2,760
    Fort Detrick$2,760
    Philadelphia$2,751
    Fort Myers Beach$2,742
    County Cost Group 870$2,724
    Fort Pierce$2,721
    Juneau$2,721
    Orlando$2,721
    Madison$2,703
    Ballston Spa$2,682
    Ketchikan$2,679
    New London$2,679
    Outer Banks$2,676
    Baltimore$2,670
    Ann Arbor$2,664
    Stockton$2,631
    JB Lewis-McChord$2,631
    Milwaukee$2,628
    Minneapolis$2,592
    Patrick SFB$2,580
    County Cost Group 860$2,559
    Dallas$2,538
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,535
    Elizabeth City$2,523
    Port Angeles$2,523
    Oxford$2,520
    Fresno$2,517
    Kodiak Island$2,511
    Sitka$2,511
    Great Lakes Navtracen$2,496
    Beaufort$2,487
    St. Louis$2,484
    Hampden County$2,481
    County Cost Group 850$2,478
    Allentown$2,469
    Savannah$2,463
    Birmingham$2,460
    Norfolk$2,460
    Portland$2,457
    Atlanta$2,454
    Corvallis$2,454
    Eglin AFB$2,454
    Reno$2,451
    Charlottesville$2,442
    Bremerton$2,439
    Patuxent River$2,439
    Charleston$2,436
    Richmond$2,415
    Detroit$2,409
    Brunswick$2,394
    Dahlgren$2,394
    County Cost Group 840$2,391
    JB Elmendorf-Richardson$2,385
    Ocala$2,379
    Fort Carson$2,376
    Austin$2,355
    Nashville$2,352
    Pittsburgh$2,349
    Fort Stewart$2,337
    Cincinnati$2,334
    Volusia County$2,331
    Phoenix$2,328
    Dover AFB$2,322
    Fort Collins$2,322
    County Cost Group 830$2,316
    Hampton$2,307
    Coastal Maine$2,295
    Asheville$2,289
    Buffalo$2,286
    Knoxville$2,280
    Rochester$2,277
    Dahlonega$2,271
    Astoria$2,262
    Houston$2,262
    Spokane$2,259
    Eugene$2,247
    Grand Haven$2,244
    Albuquerque$2,238
    Rome$2,235
    County Cost Group 820$2,229
    Charlotte$2,226
    Bridgeport$2,223
    Panama City$2,220
    Traverse City$2,214
    Whidbey Island$2,208
    Grand Rapids$2,202
    Jacksonville$2,196
    Memphis$2,190
    Fort Worth$2,181
    Salt Lake City$2,178
    Durham$2,175
    Lemoore NAS$2,172
    Eastern Shore$2,163
    Fairbanks$2,163
    Myrtle Beach$2,154
    Omaha$2,145
    Abilene$2,142
    Kings Bay$2,142
    Ogden$2,142
    Carlisle Barracks$2,139
    Raleigh$2,139
    Wilmington$2,133
    County Cost Group 810$2,130
    Duluth$2,121
    Syracuse$2,118
    Gainesville$2,106
    Eastern Panhandle$2,100
    Nellis AFB$2,100
    Provo$2,094
    Twenty Nine Palms MCB$2,094
    Barstow$2,088
    Cleveland$2,085
    Salem$2,085
    Chattanooga$2,070
    Toledo$2,061
    Louisville$2,049
    Battle Creek$2,043
    Rapid City$2,034
    County Cost Group 800$2,028
    Kansas City$2,028
    El Centro$2,022
    Helena$2,016
    Yakima$2,016
    New Orleans$2,001
    Boise$1,998
    Fort Wayne$1,986
    Rock Island$1,977
    Jackson$1,971
    County Cost Group 790$1,956
    Greenville$1,956
    Columbus$1,950
    Davis-Monthan AFB$1,950
    Roanoke$1,950
    Humboldt County$1,947
    Fort Gordon$1,944
    Indianapolis$1,944
    Baton Rouge$1,941
    Pensacola$1,938
    Lexington$1,935
    Bangor$1,929
    Columbia$1,929
    Mobile$1,926
    Bloomington$1,920
    San Antonio (JBSA)$1,917
    College Station$1,911
    Morehead$1,893
    State College$1,890
    Shreveport$1,884
    County Cost Group 780$1,881
    Fort Leavenworth$1,881
    Fort Bliss$1,878
    Corpus Christi$1,875
    Fort Campbell$1,875
    Tallahassee$1,875
    Greensboro$1,872
    Little Rock$1,872
    Coos Bay$1,869
    Des Moines$1,860
    Marquette$1,860
    Fort Bragg$1,857
    Huntsville$1,857
    Lincoln$1,854
    Lansing$1,845
    Fayetteville$1,836
    Fargo$1,833
    Waco$1,827
    Robins AFB$1,821
    County Cost Group 770$1,818
    Fort Huachuca$1,815
    Grand Forks$1,788
    Wilkes-Barre$1,773
    Fort Benning$1,770
    Cheyenne$1,764
    County Cost Group 760$1,749
    White Sands MR$1,749
    Fort Knox$1,746
    Fort Hood$1,743
    Auburn$1,737
    Yuma$1,728
    Mountain Home AFB$1,722
    Bismarck$1,716
    Fort Drum$1,713
    County Cost Group 750$1,704
    Montgomery$1,701
    Tulsa$1,701
    Morgantown$1,698
    Wright-Patterson AFB$1,692
    Oklahoma City$1,689
    Johnson City$1,680
    Topeka$1,677
    Whiteman AFB$1,677
    Wichita Fls$1,668
    Camp Lejeune$1,659
    County Cost Group 740$1,653
    Malmstrom SFB$1,653
    Akron$1,650
    Sioux Falls$1,650
    Holloman AFB$1,647
    Fallon NAS$1,638
    Lafayette$1,638
    Minot AFB$1,635
    Scott AFB$1,635
    Goodfellow AFB$1,632
    Peoria$1,632
    St Mary And Terrebonne$1,632
    Champaign$1,629
    Lexington$1,629
    County Cost Group 730$1,620
    Sault Ste Marie$1,614
    China Lake$1,608
    Fort Rucker$1,608
    Gulfport$1,608
    Seymour Johnson AFB$1,608
    Moody AFB$1,605
    Beaumont$1,599
    County Cost Group 720$1,599
    Sumter$1,593
    Springfield$1,590
    Huntington$1,584
    County Cost Group 710$1,578
    Brownsville$1,575
    Columbus AFB$1,572
    Terre Haute$1,563
    County Cost Group 700$1,560
    Saginaw$1,557
    County Cost Group 690$1,545
    Lubbock$1,545
    County Cost Group 680$1,533
    Fort Leonard Wood$1,530
    County Cost Group 670$1,524
    Laughlin AFB$1,518
    County Cost Group 660$1,512
    Erie$1,512
    County Cost Group 650$1,503
    County Cost Group 640$1,497
    Frankfort$1,491
    County Cost Group 630$1,488
    Sparta$1,485
    Springfield$1,485
    County Cost Group 620$1,482
    Charleston$1,476
    County Cost Group 610$1,473
    Paducah$1,470
    County Cost Group 600$1,467
    County Cost Group 590$1,455
    County Cost Group 580$1,443
    Wichita$1,440
    County Cost Group 570$1,431
    Columbia$1,428
    Hattiesburg$1,425
    County Cost Group 560$1,422
    Fort Polk$1,416
    Cannon AFB$1,413
    County Cost Group 550$1,413
    Lake Charles$1,413
    Stevens Point$1,413
    Fort Riley$1,410
    Albany$1,407
    County Cost Group 540$1,404
    County Cost Group 530$1,398
    County Cost Group 520$1,395
    County Cost Group 510$1,389
    Fort Chaffee$1,371
    Alexandria$1,368
    Meridian$1,344
    Altus AFB$1,320
    Fort Sill$1,287
    Monroe$1,281
    Vance AFB$1,266
    Anniston$1,248
    Youngstown$1,224

    West Palm Beach is #31 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,969 a month — $47,628 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at West Palm Beach0 – $4,029 / month
    E-1$2,409
    E-2$2,409
    E-3$2,409
    E-4$2,409
    E-5$2,763
    E-6$2,976
    E-7$3,198
    E-8$3,465
    E-9$3,510
    W-1$3,117
    W-2$3,462
    W-3$3,519
    W-4$3,630
    W-5$3,771
    O-1E$3,420
    O-2E$3,498
    O-3E$3,594
    O-1$2,952
    O-2$3,348
    O-3$3,534
    O-4$3,741
    O-5$3,822
    O-6$3,960
    O-7$4,029

    Promoting to W-3 here adds $57 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 West Palm Beach to San Francisco at W-2 is worth $1,731 a month — about 30 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $57 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. $3,462 a month of BAH takes more than $3,462 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.