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-2 with dependents at Wichita draws $1,821 per month in 2026

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    Wichita/McConnell AFB, KS
    W-2 · with dependents
    $1,821/ month
    $21,852 / year
    At W-2, this is #311 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,036 · low Youngstown $1,560
    MHA KS101 · ZIPs 66842 67001 67002 67010 67012 67016 +58 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,335 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,440 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Wichita — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,320$1,137
    E-2$1,320$1,137
    E-3$1,320$1,137
    E-4$1,320$1,137
    E-5$1,377$1,212
    E-6$1,689$1,266
    E-7$1,779$1,335
    E-8$1,878$1,443
    E-9$2,022$1,530
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,710$1,317
    W-2$1,821$1,440
    W-3$1,941$1,545
    W-4$2,052$1,707
    W-5$2,190$1,800
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,797$1,374
    O-2E$1,923$1,512
    O-3E$2,073$1,683
    Officer
    O-1$1,422$1,263
    O-2$1,686$1,362
    O-3$1,938$1,572
    O-4$2,232$1,779
    O-5$2,445$1,833
    O-6$2,463$1,920
    O-7$2,478$1,950
    PCS compareWichita · W-2 · $1,821/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,916/mo · $34,992/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,095+$13,140/yr · like +$16,846 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
    Westchester County$6,036
    County Cost Group 640$1,833
    County Cost Group 630$1,827
    Fort Chaffee$1,827
    Alexandria$1,821
    Wichita$1,821
    County Cost Group 620$1,818
    Charleston$1,812
    County Cost Group 610$1,809
    Lake Charles$1,809
    Youngstown$1,560

    Wichita is #311 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,476 a month — $53,712 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Wichita0 – $2,478 / month
    E-1$1,320
    E-2$1,320
    E-3$1,320
    E-4$1,320
    E-5$1,377
    E-6$1,689
    E-7$1,779
    E-8$1,878
    E-9$2,022
    W-1$1,710
    W-2$1,821
    W-3$1,941
    W-4$2,052
    W-5$2,190
    O-1E$1,797
    O-2E$1,923
    O-3E$2,073
    O-1$1,422
    O-2$1,686
    O-3$1,938
    O-4$2,232
    O-5$2,445
    O-6$2,463
    O-7$2,478

    Promoting to W-3 here adds $120 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 to Westchester County at W-2 is worth $4,215 a month — about 35 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $120 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 26% 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. $1,821 a month of BAH takes more than $1,821 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.