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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    W-1 with dependents at Willow Grove draws $3,420 per month in 2026

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    Willow Grove, PA
    W-1 · with dependents
    $3,420/ month
    $41,040 / year
    At W-1, this is #50 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,472 · low Youngstown $1,350
    MHA PA249 · ZIPs 18039 18041 18054 18070 18073 18074 +207 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,385 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,670 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
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    PCS compareWillow Grove · W-1 · $3,420/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,760/mo · $33,120/yr
    ▼ CUT$660−$7,920/yr · like −$10,154 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,472 / month
    San Francisco$5,472
    Providence$3,477
    Newport$3,474
    JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst$3,465
    Santa Fe$3,435
    Willow Grove$3,420
    Worcester$3,411
    San Bernardino$3,396
    Warrenton$3,396
    Indian Head Navordsta$3,393
    Youngstown$1,350

    Willow Grove is #50 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 Willow Grove0 – $3,999 / month
    E-1$2,730
    E-2$2,730
    E-3$2,730
    E-4$2,730
    E-5$2,934
    E-6$3,399
    E-7$3,423
    E-8$3,432
    E-9$3,495
    W-1$3,420
    W-2$3,429
    W-3$3,441
    W-4$3,525
    W-5$3,669
    O-1E$3,426
    O-2E$3,435
    O-3E$3,549
    O-1$2,997
    O-2$3,393
    O-3$3,438
    O-4$3,714
    O-5$3,939
    O-6$3,969
    O-7$3,999

    Promoting to W-2 here adds $9 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 Willow Grove to San Francisco at W-1 is worth $2,052 a month — about 228 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $9 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 28% 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. $3,420 a month of BAH takes more than $3,420 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.