For example, an E-5 with dependents in the Copperas Cove area near Fort Cavazos, Texas, will see a 12.8% increase in BAH, a rate that equates to $180 a month more than 2024.

In 2023, BAH rates rose an average 12.1%, the largest year-over-year percentage jump in the allowance in at least 15 years.

The following is the March 6, 2024, Congressional Budget Office report: How the Military’s Basic Allowance for Housing Compares With Civilian Housing Costs. From the report. The ...

Military officers ranked O6 and above with dependents will get the highest increase in their housing allowances at $183 per month, according to the BAH rate lookup tool.

Approximately 1 million members rely on basic allowance for housing, a U.S.-based entitlement at the cost of $22 billion each year. Soldiers receive BAH whether they live on or off post.

BAH rates are typically adjusted once a year and take effect Jan. 1. However, DOD in the post-pandemic years took additional steps to ease the burden of surging housing costs on service members ...

Basic Allowance for Housing rates will increase an average of 12.1 percent when the new rates take effect on January 1, 2023. An estimated $26.8 billion will be paid to approximately one million ...

That’s up from the $22 billion estimate for 2020. BAH rates vary depending on housing cost data collected each year for more than 300 military housing areas in the U.S., including Alaska and Hawaii.