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-3 without dependents at Fort Bragg draws $1,935 per month in 2026

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    Fort Bragg/Pope, NC
    W-3 · without dependents
    $1,935/ month
    $23,220 / year
    At W-3, this is #12 of 17 stations loaded · high San Diego $4,206 · low Fort Riley $1,566
    MHA NC182 · ZIPs 28301 28303 28304 28305 28306 28307 +6 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW3USMCCWO3NAVYCWO3
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,481 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,178 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    MHA

    Renamed back from Fort Liberty on 07 MAR 2025. Orders cut in 2023–24 may still say Liberty.

    Fort Bragg — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,722$1,341
    E-2$1,722$1,341
    E-3$1,722$1,341
    E-4$1,722$1,341
    E-5$1,806$1,527
    E-6$2,049$1,638
    E-7$2,094$1,722
    E-8$2,142$1,860
    E-9$2,244$1,923
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,067$1,707
    W-2$2,112$1,857
    W-3$2,178$1,935
    W-4$2,271$2,052
    W-5$2,391$2,103
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,097$1,803
    O-2E$2,166$1,908
    O-3E$2,289$2,040
    Officer
    O-1$1,842$1,635
    O-2$2,046$1,782
    O-3$2,175$1,956
    O-4$2,427$2,088
    O-5$2,610$2,109
    O-6$2,628$2,154
    O-7$2,646$2,190
    PCS compareFort Bragg · W-3 · $1,935/mo
    Norfolk$2,496/mo · $29,952/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$561+$6,732/yr · like +$8,631 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-3 without dependents, every station0 – $4,206 / month
    San Diego$4,206
    Camp Pendleton$4,197
    Honolulu County$3,795
    JB Lewis-McChord$2,751
    JB Elmendorf-Richardson$2,619
    Norfolk$2,496
    Fort Carson$2,394
    Fort Stewart$2,376
    Fort Bliss$1,992
    San Antonio (JBSA)$1,986
    Fort Campbell$1,968
    Fort Bragg$1,935
    Fort Drum$1,899
    Fort Benning$1,854
    Fort Hood$1,812
    Camp Lejeune$1,776
    Fort Riley$1,566

    Fort Bragg is #12 of 17. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $2,640 a month — $31,680 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fort Bragg0 – $2,190 / month
    E-1$1,341
    E-2$1,341
    E-3$1,341
    E-4$1,341
    E-5$1,527
    E-6$1,638
    E-7$1,722
    E-8$1,860
    E-9$1,923
    W-1$1,707
    W-2$1,857
    W-3$1,935
    W-4$2,052
    W-5$2,103
    O-1E$1,803
    O-2E$1,908
    O-3E$2,040
    O-1$1,635
    O-2$1,782
    O-3$1,956
    O-4$2,088
    O-5$2,109
    O-6$2,154
    O-7$2,190

    Promoting to W-4 here adds $117 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 Fort Bragg to San Diego at W-3 is worth $2,271 a month — about 19 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $117 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 13% 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. $1,935 a month of BAH takes more than $1,935 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.