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

    E-7 without dependents at Wichita Fls draws $1,644 per month in 2026

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    Wichita Fls/Sheppard AFB, TX
    E-7 · without dependents
    $1,644/ month
    $19,728 / year
    At E-7, this is #241 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,088 · low Youngstown $1,131
    MHA TX288 · ZIPs 76301 76302 76305 76306 76307 76308 +12 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,108 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,190 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Wichita Fls — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareWichita Fls · E-7 · $1,644/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,274/mo · $27,288/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$630+$7,560/yr · like +$9,692 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-7 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,088 / month
    New York City$5,088
    Fayetteville$1,662
    Johnson City$1,653
    Waco$1,650
    Lincoln$1,644
    Wichita Fls$1,644
    Fort Benning$1,635
    County Cost Group 770$1,632
    Marquette$1,632
    Auburn$1,617
    Youngstown$1,131

    Wichita Fls is #241 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,957 a month — $47,484 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Wichita Fls0 – $2,343 / month
    E-1$1,044
    E-2$1,044
    E-3$1,044
    E-4$1,044
    E-5$1,182
    E-6$1,584
    E-7$1,644
    E-8$1,704
    E-9$1,821
    W-1$1,602
    W-2$1,668
    W-3$1,827
    W-4$2,127
    W-5$2,208
    O-1E$1,653
    O-2E$1,764
    O-3E$2,106
    O-1$1,290
    O-2$1,647
    O-3$1,887
    O-4$2,187
    O-5$2,229
    O-6$2,304
    O-7$2,343

    Promoting to E-8 here adds $60 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 Wichita Fls to New York City at E-7 is worth $3,444 a month — about 57 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $60 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $1,644 a month of BAH takes more than $1,644 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.