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
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    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-1 with dependents at Wilkes-Barre draws $1,902 per month in 2026

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    Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA
    W-1 · with dependents
    $1,902/ month
    $22,824 / year
    At W-1, this is #266 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,472 · low Youngstown $1,350
    MHA PA254 · ZIPs 18058 18201 18202 18216 18219 18221 +109 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,438 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,668 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Wilkes-Barre — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,677$1,272
    E-2$1,677$1,272
    E-3$1,677$1,272
    E-4$1,677$1,272
    E-5$1,740$1,488
    E-6$1,887$1,614
    E-7$1,956$1,674
    E-8$2,034$1,776
    E-9$2,181$1,806
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,902$1,668
    W-2$1,986$1,773
    W-3$2,088$1,815
    W-4$2,214$1,893
    W-5$2,376$1,971
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,965$1,737
    O-2E$2,070$1,800
    O-3E$2,241$1,875
    Officer
    O-1$1,767$1,611
    O-2$1,884$1,722
    O-3$2,085$1,827
    O-4$2,427$1,953
    O-5$2,676$2,007
    O-6$2,697$2,064
    O-7$2,712$2,097
    PCS compareWilkes-Barre · W-1 · $1,902/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,760/mo · $33,120/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$858+$10,296/yr · like +$13,200 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,472 / month
    San Francisco$5,472
    Sault Ste Marie$1,938
    Morgantown$1,935
    County Cost Group 740$1,914
    Fort Drum$1,914
    Wilkes-Barre$1,902
    Paducah$1,896
    Robins AFB$1,893
    Holloman AFB$1,887
    Topeka$1,884
    Youngstown$1,350

    Wilkes-Barre is #266 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 Wilkes-Barre0 – $2,712 / month
    E-1$1,677
    E-2$1,677
    E-3$1,677
    E-4$1,677
    E-5$1,740
    E-6$1,887
    E-7$1,956
    E-8$2,034
    E-9$2,181
    W-1$1,902
    W-2$1,986
    W-3$2,088
    W-4$2,214
    W-5$2,376
    O-1E$1,965
    O-2E$2,070
    O-3E$2,241
    O-1$1,767
    O-2$1,884
    O-3$2,085
    O-4$2,427
    O-5$2,676
    O-6$2,697
    O-7$2,712

    Promoting to W-2 here adds $84 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 Wilkes-Barre to San Francisco at W-1 is worth $3,570 a month — about 43 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $84 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 14% 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. $1,902 a month of BAH takes more than $1,902 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.