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

    E-6 without dependents at Fort Carson draws $1,980 per month in 2026

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    E-6 · without dependents
    $1,980/ month
    $23,760 / year
    At E-6, this is #8 of 17 stations loaded · high San Diego $3,387 · low Fort Riley $1,338
    MHA CO046 · ZIPs 80913 80911 80906
    Your grade is calledARMYSSGUSMCSSgtNAVYPO1USAFTSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,538 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,433 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fort Carson — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,160$1,689
    E-2$2,160$1,689
    E-3$2,160$1,689
    E-4$2,160$1,689
    E-5$2,358$1,860
    E-6$2,433$1,980
    E-7$2,487$2,166
    E-8$2,553$2,379
    E-9$2,646$2,388
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,448$2,103
    W-2$2,514$2,376
    W-3$2,598$2,394
    W-4$2,664$2,436
    W-5$2,754$2,502
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,496$2,355
    O-2E$2,583$2,385
    O-3E$2,679$2,418
    Officer
    O-1$2,376$1,959
    O-2$2,430$2,295
    O-3$2,595$2,397
    O-4$2,778$2,484
    O-5$2,913$2,517
    O-6$2,934$2,574
    O-7$2,955$2,616
    PCS compareFort Carson · E-6 · $1,980/mo
    Fort Bragg$1,638/mo · $19,656/yr
    ▼ CUT−$342−$4,104/yr · like −$5,262 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-6 without dependents, every station0 – $3,387 / month
    San Diego$3,387
    Camp Pendleton$3,324
    Honolulu County$3,036
    JB Lewis-McChord$2,199
    JB Elmendorf-Richardson$2,169
    Fort Stewart$2,049
    Norfolk$2,043
    Fort Carson$1,980
    Fort Campbell$1,671
    Fort Bragg$1,638
    Fort Hood$1,626
    Fort Bliss$1,611
    San Antonio (JBSA)$1,596
    Camp Lejeune$1,569
    Fort Benning$1,557
    Fort Drum$1,476
    Fort Riley$1,338

    Fort Carson is #8 of 17. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $2,049 a month — $24,588 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fort Carson0 – $2,616 / month
    E-1$1,689
    E-2$1,689
    E-3$1,689
    E-4$1,689
    E-5$1,860
    E-6$1,980
    E-7$2,166
    E-8$2,379
    E-9$2,388
    W-1$2,103
    W-2$2,376
    W-3$2,394
    W-4$2,436
    W-5$2,502
    O-1E$2,355
    O-2E$2,385
    O-3E$2,418
    O-1$1,959
    O-2$2,295
    O-3$2,397
    O-4$2,484
    O-5$2,517
    O-6$2,574
    O-7$2,616

    Promoting to E-7 here adds $186 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 Carson to San Diego at E-6 is worth $1,407 a month — about 8 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $186 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 23% 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. $1,980 a month of BAH takes more than $1,980 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.