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W-1 BAH Rates 2026 by Location
Monthly Basic Allowance for Housing for a W-1 in all 299 military housing areas — official DoD rates for 2026.
Median, with dependents
$2,436
Median, without dependents
$1,932
Range, with dependents
$1,350 – $5,472
Highest W-1 BAH
Housing area With dependents Without dependents San Francisco, CA $5,472 $4,644 Westchester County, NY $5,400 $4,086 Nantucket, MA $5,148 $4,188 New York City, NY $5,100 $5,085 Northern New Jersey, NJ $5,070 $4,113 Santa Clara County, CA $4,998 $4,257 Boston, MA $4,827 $4,191 Maui County, HI $4,797 $3,642 Long Island, NY $4,791 $4,023 Martha's Vineyard, MA $4,617 $3,555
Lowest W-1 BAH
Housing area With dependents Without dependents Youngstown, OH $1,350 $1,128 Anniston/Fort Mcclellan, AL $1,509 $1,188 Fort Sill/Lawton, OK $1,509 $1,206 Vance AFB/Enid, OK $1,530 $1,155 Hattiesburg, MS $1,539 $1,302 Albany, GA $1,557 $1,326 Meridian, MS $1,563 $1,173 Altus AFB, OK $1,581 $1,188 Cannon AFB/Clovis, NM $1,611 $1,236 Gulfport, MS $1,635 $1,488
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All 299 housing areas, W-1
Housing area With dependents Without dependents Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD $2,760 $2,205 Abilene/Dyess AFB, TX $2,841 $2,130 Akron, OH $1,947 $1,536 Albany, GA $1,557 $1,326 Albuquerque/Kirtland AFB, NM $2,343 $1,926 Alexandria, LA $1,698 $1,275 Allentown/Bethlehem, PA $2,862 $2,232 Altus AFB, OK $1,581 $1,188 Anchorage, AK $2,895 $2,172 Ann Arbor, MI $3,099 $2,325 Annapolis, MD $3,246 $2,709 Anniston/Fort Mcclellan, AL $1,509 $1,188 Asheville, NC $2,589 $2,007 Astoria, OR $2,817 $2,112 Atlanta, GA $2,727 $2,226 Atlantic City, NJ $3,312 $2,538 Auburn, AL $1,851 $1,596 Austin, TX $2,826 $2,121 Ballston Spa/Albany, NY $2,880 $2,310 Baltimore, MD $2,922 $2,349 Bangor, ME $2,067 $1,680 Barstow/Fort Irwin, CA $2,451 $1,866 Baton Rouge, LA $2,211 $1,734 Battle Creek/Kalamazoo, MI $2,391 $1,794 Beale AFB, CA $3,147 $2,661 Beaufort/Parris Island, SC $2,832 $2,304 Beaumont, TX $1,938 $1,494 Birmingham, AL $2,547 $2,160 Bismarck, ND $2,223 $1,668 Bloomington, IN $1,971 $1,716 Boise, ID $2,295 $1,827 Boston, MA $4,827 $4,191 Boulder, CO $3,363 $2,523 Bremerton, WA $2,751 $2,244 Bridgeport, CA $2,826 $2,121 Brownsville, TX $1,878 $1,410 Brunswick, ME $2,583 $2,109 Buffalo, NY $2,571 $2,010 Burlington, VT $3,762 $2,823 Camp Lejeune, NC $1,962 $1,590 Camp Pendleton, CA $4,419 $3,513 Cannon AFB/Clovis, NM $1,611 $1,236 Cape Cod-Plymouth, MA $4,014 $3,627 Cape May, NJ $3,093 $2,451 Carlisle Barracks, PA $2,394 $1,854 Champaign/Urbana, IL $2,001 $1,500 Charleston, SC $2,634 $2,172 Charleston, WV $1,785 $1,338 Charlotte, NC $2,454 $1,956 Charlottesville, VA $2,733 $2,232 Chattanooga, TN $2,418 $1,830 Cheyenne, WY $2,238 $1,680 Chicago, IL $3,720 $3,090 China Lake, CA $1,785 $1,527 Cincinnati, OH $2,544 $1,953 Cleveland, OH $2,439 $1,830 Coastal Maine, ME $2,718 $2,040 College Station, TX $2,412 $1,809 Colorado Springs, CO $2,448 $2,103 Columbia/Fort Jackson, SC $2,136 $1,803 Columbia/Jefferson City, MO $1,644 $1,266 Columbus AFB, MS $2,019 $1,515 Columbus, OH $2,259 $1,761 Coos Bay, OR $2,238 $1,680 Corpus Christi, TX $2,238 $1,680 Corvallis, OR $2,733 $2,058 Dahlgren/Fort A.p. Hill $2,733 $2,322 Dahlonega, GA $2,532 $2,115 Dallas, TX $2,826 $2,142 Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ $2,136 $1,632 Denver, CO $3,081 $2,463 Des Moines, IA $2,229 $1,674 Detroit, MI $2,601 $1,950 Dover AFB/Rehoboth, DE $2,511 $2,133 Duluth, MN $2,352 $1,878 Durham/Chapel Hill, NC $2,409 $1,965 Eastern Panhandle, WV $2,271 $1,854 Eastern Shore, MD $2,331 $1,956 Edwards AFB/Palmdale, CA $3,177 $2,424 Eglin AFB, FL $2,544 $2,322 El Centro, CA $2,166 $1,890 El Paso, TX $2,169 $1,626 Elizabeth City, NC $2,577 $2,241 Erie, PA $1,695 $1,464 Essex Co, MA $3,765 $3,225 Eugene, OR $2,499 $2,010 Everett, WA $3,264 $2,517 Fairbanks, AK $2,457 $1,965 Fallon NAS, NV $1,809 $1,584 Fargo, ND $2,358 $1,770 Fayetteville, AR $2,058 $1,632 Fitchburg, MA $3,492 $3,012 Florida Keys, FL $4,074 $3,771 Fort Benning, GA $1,995 $1,623 Fort Bragg/Pope, NC $2,067 $1,707 Fort Campbell, KY $2,121 $1,731 Fort Chaffee/Fort Smith, AR $1,701 $1,278 Fort Collins, CO $2,550 $1,998 Fort Detrick, MD $3,081 $2,400 Fort Drum/Watertown, NY $1,914 $1,548 Fort G. 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Meade, MD $3,297 $2,694 Fort Gordon, AL $2,175 $1,797 Fort Hood, TX $1,938 $1,665 Fort Huachuca, AZ $2,214 $1,662 Fort Knox, KY $2,157 $1,617 Fort Leavenworth, KS $2,151 $1,725 Fort Leonard Wood, MO $1,740 $1,368 Fort Monmouth/Earle Nws, NJ $4,101 $3,300 Fort Myers Beach, FL $2,937 $2,514 Fort Pierce, FL $2,844 $2,442 Fort Polk, LA $1,854 $1,392 Fort Riley, KS $1,803 $1,353 Fort Rucker, AL $1,761 $1,407 Fort Sill/Lawton, OK $1,509 $1,206 Fort Stewart, GA $2,454 $2,142 Fort Wayne, IN $2,145 $1,734 Fort Worth, TX $2,442 $1,884 Frankfort, KY $1,836 $1,377 Fresno, CA $2,847 $2,136 Gainesville, FL $2,373 $1,980 Goodfellow AFB, TX $1,854 $1,425 Grand Forks, ND $2,022 $1,518 Grand Haven, MI $2,499 $1,953 Grand Rapids, MI $2,421 $1,893 Great Lakes Navtracen, IL $2,778 $2,133 Greensboro, NC $2,127 $1,650 Greenville, SC $2,097 $1,749 Gulfport, MS $1,635 $1,488 Hampden County, MA $2,874 $2,241 Hampton/Newport News, VA $2,436 $2,022 Hanscom AFB, MA $4,497 $3,924 Hartford, CT $3,351 $2,574 Hattiesburg, MS $1,539 $1,302 Hawaii County, HI $3,855 $3,408 Helena, MT $2,556 $1,917 Holloman AFB/Alamogordo, NM $1,887 $1,416 Honolulu County, HI $3,930 $3,222 Houston, TX $2,535 $1,905 Humboldt County, CA $2,343 $1,758 Huntington, WV $1,797 $1,371 Huntsville, AL $2,097 $1,635 Indian Head Navordsta, MD $3,393 $3,186 Indianapolis, IN $2,229 $1,716 Jackson, MS $2,181 $1,797 Jacksonville, FL $2,256 $2,010 JB Mcguire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ $3,465 $2,691 Johnson City/Kingsport, TN $2,145 $1,611 Juneau, AK $3,375 $2,532 Kansas City, MO $2,190 $1,806 Kauai County, HI $4,287 $3,525 Ketchikan, AK $2,889 $2,289 Kings Bay/Brunswick, GA $2,172 $1,989 Knoxville, TN $2,670 $2,028 Kodiak Island, AK $2,886 $2,163 Lafayette, LA $1,860 $1,413 Lake Charles, LA $1,644 $1,278 Lansing, MI $2,001 $1,551 Laughlin AFB/Del Rio, TX $1,722 $1,350 Lemoore NAS, CA $2,292 $1,884 Lexington, KY $2,169 $1,668 Lexington, VA $2,016 $1,512 Lincoln, NE $2,130 $1,602 Little Rock, AR $1,956 $1,740 Long Island, NY $4,791 $4,023 Los Angeles, CA $4,209 $3,468 Louisville, KY $2,292 $1,758 Lubbock, TX $1,830 $1,407 Madison, WI $2,910 $2,313 Malmstrom Sfb/Great Falls, MT $1,839 $1,530 Manchester/Concord, NH $3,546 $2,940 Marin/Sonoma, CA $3,840 $3,249 Marquette, MI $2,025 $1,566 Martha's Vineyard, MA $4,617 $3,555 Maui County, HI $4,797 $3,642 Memphis, TN $2,334 $1,944 Meridian, MS $1,563 $1,173 Miami/Fort Lauderdale, FL $3,813 $3,399 Milwaukee, WI $2,715 $2,292 Minneapolis/St Paul, MN $2,796 $2,154 Minot AFB, ND $2,001 $1,503 Mobile, AL $2,091 $1,689 Monroe, LA $1,650 $1,239 Monterey, CA $3,894 $3,183 Montgomery, AL $1,773 $1,590 Moody AFB, GA $1,938 $1,509 Morehead/Cherry Pt MCAS, NC $2,064 $1,803 Morgantown, WV $1,935 $1,452 Mountain Home AFB, ID $2,208 $1,656 Myrtle Beach, SC $2,379 $1,962 Nantucket, MA $5,148 $4,188 Nashville, TN $2,694 $2,070 Nellis AFB/Las Vegas, NV $2,223 $1,908 New Haven/Fairfield, CT $3,744 $2,928 New London, CT $3,093 $2,367 New Orleans, LA $2,394 $1,797 New York City, NY $5,100 $5,085 Newport, RI $3,474 $2,637 Norfolk/Portsmouth, VA $2,574 $2,166 Northern New Jersey, NJ $5,070 $4,113 Oakland, CA $4,134 $3,378 Ocala, FL $2,406 $2,160 Ogden/Hill AFB, UT $2,244 $1,875 Oklahoma City, OK $1,869 $1,518 Omaha/Offutt AFB, NE $2,394 $1,827 Orlando, FL $2,979 $2,394 Outer Banks, NC $2,964 $2,421 Oxford, MD $2,835 $2,220 Paducah, KY $1,896 $1,422 Panama City, FL $2,460 $2,037 Patrick Sfb, FL $2,904 $2,274 Patuxent River, MD $2,562 $2,232 Pensacola, FL $2,253 $1,782 Peoria, IL $1,878 $1,494 Perth Amboy, NJ $4,092 $3,336 Philadelphia, PA/Camden, NJ $2,997 $2,373 Phoenix, AZ $2,472 $1,992 Pittsburgh, PA $2,625 $2,001 Port Angeles, WA $2,880 $2,160 Portland, ME $3,597 $3,039 Portland, OR $2,772 $2,139 Portsmouth, NH/Kittery, ME $3,717 $3,033 Providence, RI $3,477 $3,006 Provo, UT $2,244 $1,896 Quantico/Woodbridge, VA $3,192 $2,661 Raleigh, NC $2,337 $1,908 Rapid City/Ellsworth AFB, SD $2,229 $1,746 Reno/Carson City, NV $2,697 $2,100 Richmond/Fort Lee, VA $2,646 $2,094 Riverside, CA $3,564 $3,015 Roanoke, VA $2,094 $1,695 Robins AFB, GA $1,893 $1,668 Rochester, NY $2,535 $1,902 Rock Island, IL $2,259 $1,695 Rome/Griffiss AFB, NY $2,760 $2,070 Sacramento, CA $2,994 $2,499 Saginaw, MI $1,767 $1,326 Salem, OR $2,418 $1,839 Salt Lake City, UT $2,376 $1,887 San Antonio, TX $2,109 $1,692 San Bernardino, CA $3,396 $2,850 San Diego, CA $4,425 $3,564 San Francisco, CA $5,472 $4,644 San Luis Obispo, CA $3,969 $2,976 Santa Clara County, CA $4,998 $4,257 Santa Fe/Los Alamos, NM $3,435 $2,577 Sault Ste Marie, MI $1,938 $1,455 Savannah, GA $2,670 $2,184 Scott AFB, IL $2,019 $1,551 Seattle, WA $3,927 $2,946 Seymour Johnson AFB, NC $1,971 $1,509 Shreveport/Barksdale AFB, LA $2,043 $1,662 Sioux Falls, SD $2,046 $1,536 Sitka, AK $3,231 $2,424 Sparta/Fort Mccoy, WI $1,866 $1,401 Spokane, WA $2,574 $1,932 Springfield, MO $1,878 $1,410 Springfield/Decatur, IL $1,842 $1,383 St Mary And Terrebonne, LA $1,665 $1,509 St. Louis, MO $2,673 $2,220 State College, PA $2,295 $1,722 Staten Island, NY $4,236 $3,495 Stevens Point, WI $1,728 $1,296 Stockton, CA $2,955 $2,418 Sumter/Shaw AFB, SC $1,968 $1,476 Syracuse, NY $2,406 $1,818 Tacoma, WA $2,940 $2,313 Tallahassee, FL $2,082 $1,779 Tampa, FL $3,063 $2,463 Terre Haute, IN $1,842 $1,383 Toledo, OH $2,181 $1,671 Topeka, KS $1,884 $1,473 Traverse City, MI $2,823 $2,118 Trenton, NJ $3,996 $3,129 Tulsa, OK $1,962 $1,524 Twenty Nine Palms MCB, CA $2,571 $1,929 Vallejo/Travis AFB, CA $3,513 $2,997 Vance AFB/Enid, OK $1,530 $1,155 Vandenberg Sfb, CA $3,660 $3,105 Ventura, CA $4,029 $3,333 Volusia County, FL $2,511 $2,064 Waco, TX $2,118 $1,590 Warrenton, VA $3,396 $2,811 Washington, DC Metro Area $3,780 $3,096 West Palm Beach, FL $3,624 $3,117 West Point, NY $4,140 $3,195 Westchester County, NY $5,400 $4,086 Whidbey Island, WA $2,766 $2,076 White Sands Mr/Las Cruces, NM $1,944 $1,458 Whiteman AFB, MO $1,950 $1,464 Wichita Fls/Sheppard AFB, TX $2,133 $1,602 Wichita/Mcconnell AFB, KS $1,710 $1,317 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA $1,902 $1,668 Willow Grove, PA $3,420 $2,670 Wilmington, NC $2,523 $1,905 Worcester, MA $3,411 $2,754 Wright-Patterson AFB, OH $1,866 $1,506 Yakima, WA $2,403 $1,803 Youngstown, OH $1,350 $1,128 Yuma, AZ $1,860 $1,512
Other grades: W-2 BAH · W-1 PCS weight allowance
How much BAH does a W-1 get in 2026? It depends on the duty station. Across 299 military housing areas, a W-1 with dependents receives between $1,350 (Youngstown, OH) and $5,472 (San Francisco, CA) per month; the median is $2,436. Without dependents the median is $1,932.
Is BAH for a W-1 taxed? No. BAH is a tax-free allowance. It is paid monthly with your regular pay, based on the ZIP code of your duty station — not where you choose to live.
What decides the with-dependents rate? Having at least one dependent — a spouse or child, for example. The number of dependents does not change the amount.
Not listed: 39 rural county cost groups, which the DoD prices as groups of counties rather than named areas. Look them up by ZIP code in the calculator.
Source: 2026 BAH rates published by the Defense Travel Management Office (DoD). Rates are set per military housing area and paid by the ZIP code of your duty station. BaseNeed is not affiliated with the Department of Defense.
