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    W-3 BAH Rates — W-3 (Chief Warrant Officer 3)

    2026 Basic Allowance for Housing rates for W-3 (Chief Warrant Officer 3) at every military duty station.

    Avg w/ Dependents

    $2,863

    Avg w/o Dependents

    $2,464

    Highest

    $6,654

    Westchester County, NY

    Lowest

    $1,689

    Anniston/Fort Mcclellan, AL

    W-2 RatesAll RanksW-4 Rates
    LocationWith Dep.Without Dep.
    Westchester County, NY$6,654$5,166
    Maui County, HI$5,586$4,566
    San Francisco, CA$5,559$5,301
    New York City, NY$5,535$5,109
    Nantucket, MA$5,445$4,764
    Santa Clara County, CA$5,202$4,830
    Boston, MA$5,169$4,812
    Northern New Jersey, NJ$5,097$4,908
    Long Island, NY$5,064$4,611
    Martha'S Vineyard, MA$5,031$4,311
    Florida Keys, FL$4,884$4,011
    Monterey, CA$4,842$3,720
    Hanscom Afb, MA$4,773$4,341
    Kauai County, HI$4,668$4,050
    Camp Pendleton, CA$4,662$4,197
    Staten Island, NY$4,560$3,993
    Essex Co, MA$4,545$3,618
    Los Angeles, CA$4,530$4,044
    San Diego, CA$4,521$4,206
    Portsmouth, NH$4,476$3,519
    Miami/Fort Lauderdale, FL$4,446$3,729
    Honolulu County, HI$4,434$3,795
    Cape Cod-Plymouth, MA$4,425$3,960
    West Point, NY$4,383$3,819
    Oakland, CA$4,365$3,948
    Trenton, NJ$4,365$3,738
    Fort Monmouth/Earle Nws, NJ$4,335$3,834
    Portland, ME$4,272$3,423
    Manchester/Concord, NH$4,245$3,363
    Perth Amboy, NJ$4,242$3,759
    Seattle, WA$4,221$3,549
    San Luis Obispo, CA$4,218$3,600
    Ventura, CA$4,215$3,789
    Burlington, VT$4,209$3,453
    Marin/Sonoma, CA$4,149$3,579
    Newport, RI$4,146$3,177
    Fitchburg, MA$4,068$3,294
    Washington, DC$4,023$3,471
    Providence, RI$4,017$3,333
    West Palm Beach, FL$3,981$3,519
    Hawaii County, HI$3,948$3,723
    New Haven/Fairfield, CT$3,846$3,420
    Vandenberg Sfb, CA$3,783$3,498
    Brunswick, ME$3,783$2,853
    Hartford, CT$3,765$3,132
    Worcester, MA$3,759$3,174
    Chicago, IL$3,741$3,579
    Boulder, CO$3,714$3,072
    Santa Fe/Los Alamos, NM$3,714$3,204
    Riverside, CA$3,708$3,453
    Indian Head Navordsta, MD$3,672$3,315
    Warrenton, VA$3,669$3,231
    Atlantic City, NJ$3,627$2,997
    Juneau, AK$3,597$2,982
    Everett, WA$3,570$3,015
    Jb Mcguire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ$3,555$3,159
    Vallejo/Travis Afb, CA$3,540$3,435
    Sitka, AK$3,465$2,802
    Austin, TX$3,456$2,673
    Annapolis, MD$3,441$3,087
    Willow Grove, PA$3,441$3,183
    Hampden County, MA$3,435$2,646
    Madison, WI$3,435$2,778
    San Bernardino, CA$3,417$3,333
    Eglin Afb, FL$3,414$2,589
    Fort G. G. Meade, MD$3,414$3,102
    Anchorage, AK$3,369$2,619
    Ann Arbor, MI$3,360$2,838
    Ketchikan, AK$3,336$2,751
    Quantico/Woodbridge, VA$3,330$3,072
    Stockton, CA$3,315$2,757
    New London, CT$3,309$2,844
    Edwards Afb/Palmdale, CA$3,267$2,928
    Fort Detrick, MD$3,258$2,886
    Ballston Spa/Albany, NY$3,240$2,754
    Astoria, OR$3,219$2,472
    Denver, CO$3,210$2,958
    Milwaukee, WI$3,198$2,652
    Cape May, NJ$3,189$2,925
    Kodiak Island, AK$3,177$2,655
    Beale Afb, CA$3,168$3,051
    Baltimore, MD$3,159$2,766
    Fort Myers Beach, FL$3,132$2,814
    Tacoma, WA$3,126$2,751
    Whidbey Island, WA$3,111$2,436
    Outer Banks, NC$3,090$2,787
    Tampa, FL$3,084$2,886
    Port Angeles, WA$3,084$2,664
    Fort Pierce, FL$3,081$2,760
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD$3,075$2,619
    Traverse City, MI$3,072$2,463
    Dover Afb/Rehoboth, DE$3,060$2,391
    Charlottesville, VA$3,048$2,556
    Bremerton, WA$3,048$2,562
    Sacramento, CA$3,042$2,940
    Portland, OR$3,033$2,580
    Bridgeport, CA$3,021$2,469
    Great Lakes Navtracen, IL$3,021$2,604
    Philadelphia, PA$3,018$2,844
    Orlando, FL$3,000$2,820
    Oxford, MD$2,988$2,643
    Fairbanks, AK$2,943$2,271
    Fresno, CA$2,940$2,646
    Patrick Sfb, FL$2,925$2,706
    Minneapolis/St Paul, MN$2,913$2,667
    Knoxville, TN$2,907$2,436
    Rome/Griffiss Afb, NY$2,883$2,448
    Allentown/Bethlehem, PA$2,883$2,625
    Coastal Maine, ME$2,871$2,463
    Corvallis, OR$2,868$2,562
    Beaufort/Parris Island, SC$2,859$2,622
    Dallas, TX$2,850$2,649
    Spokane, WA$2,847$2,382
    Humboldt County, CA$2,844$2,190
    Asheville, NC$2,838$2,406
    Twenty Nine Palms Mcb, CA$2,817$2,286
    Syracuse, NY$2,817$2,229
    Fort Collins, CO$2,808$2,409
    Reno/Carson City, NV$2,802$2,544
    Nashville, TN$2,787$2,484
    Detroit, MI$2,781$2,478
    Helena, MT$2,775$2,235
    Buffalo, NY$2,775$2,394
    Patuxent River, MD$2,772$2,478
    Eugene, OR$2,769$2,343
    St. Louis, MO$2,763$2,553
    Richmond/Fort Lee, VA$2,763$2,502
    Rochester, NY$2,760$2,376
    Barstow/Fort Irwin, CA$2,751$2,232
    Atlanta, GA$2,748$2,559
    Savannah, GA$2,748$2,538
    Salt Lake City, UT$2,748$2,250
    Charleston, SC$2,724$2,508
    Panama City, FL$2,712$2,310
    Salem, OR$2,712$2,214
    Coos Bay, OR$2,706$2,082
    Yakima, WA$2,706$2,169
    Houston, TX$2,703$2,367
    Gainesville, FL$2,700$2,208
    Norfolk/Portsmouth, VA$2,697$2,496
    College Station, TX$2,688$2,118
    El Centro, CA$2,673$2,070
    Elizabeth City, NC$2,670$2,535
    Pittsburgh, PA$2,646$2,454
    Volusia County, FL$2,637$2,394
    Wilmington, NC$2,631$2,289
    Cincinnati, OH$2,607$2,412
    Omaha/Offutt Afb, NE$2,604$2,241
    Fort Stewart, GA$2,601$2,376
    Colorado Springs, CO$2,598$2,394
    Tallahassee, FL$2,586$2,007
    Columbus, OH$2,583$2,070
    State College, PA$2,583$2,052
    Birmingham, AL$2,568$2,484
    Carlisle Barracks, PA$2,562$2,235
    New Orleans, LA$2,556$2,157
    Grand Haven, MI$2,556$2,340
    Dahlonega, GA$2,553$2,370
    Provo, UT$2,532$2,145
    Myrtle Beach, SC$2,526$2,238
    Bangor, ME$2,523$1,974
    Chattanooga, TN$2,523$2,208
    Durham/Chapel Hill, NC$2,520$2,262
    Battle Creek/Kalamazoo, MI$2,517$2,181
    Fargo, ND$2,514$2,046
    Jackson, MS$2,505$2,049
    Fort Campbell, KY$2,499$1,968
    Phoenix, AZ$2,493$2,376
    Eastern Panhandle, WV$2,481$2,160
    Fort Drum/Watertown, NY$2,478$1,899
    Rapid City/Ellsworth Afb, SD$2,478$2,103
    Corpus Christi, TX$2,478$2,019
    Hampton/Newport News, VA$2,478$2,349
    Bloomington, IN$2,475$1,950
    Charlotte, NC$2,475$2,313
    Fort Worth, TX$2,463$2,280
    Cleveland, OH$2,460$2,226
    Lemoore Nas, CA$2,454$2,211
    Cheyenne, WY$2,445$1,956
    Ocala, FL$2,442$2,391
    Grand Rapids, MI$2,442$2,283
    Des Moines, IA$2,436$2,007
    Fort Knox, KY$2,424$1,911
    Morehead/Cherry Pt Mcas, NC$2,424$1,953
    Auburn, AL$2,421$1,881
    Kings Bay/Brunswick, GA$2,421$2,154
    Eastern Shore, MD$2,409$2,223
    Albuquerque/Kirtland Afb, NM$2,400$2,271
    Fort Leavenworth, KS$2,397$1,983
    Louisville, KY$2,397$2,139
    Raleigh, NC$2,394$2,211
    Marquette, MI$2,391$1,917
    Nellis Afb/Las Vegas, NV$2,385$2,139
    Waco, TX$2,382$1,938
    Boise, ID$2,373$2,112
    Duluth, MN$2,373$2,208
    Bismarck, ND$2,373$1,923
    Jacksonville, FL$2,367$2,208
    Ogden/Hill Afb, UT$2,364$2,172
    Fayetteville, AR$2,361$1,920
    Memphis, TN$2,355$2,238
    Johnson City/Kingsport, TN$2,346$1,860
    Fort Hood, TX$2,346$1,812
    Mountain Home Afb, ID$2,328$1,920
    Wichita Fls/Sheppard Afb, TX$2,328$1,827
    Fallon Nas, NV$2,325$1,782
    Kansas City, MO$2,313$2,085
    Indianapolis, IN$2,310$2,055
    Roanoke, VA$2,304$1,998
    Rock Island, IL$2,301$2,085
    Lincoln, NE$2,283$1,959
    Pensacola, FL$2,274$2,061
    Malmstrom Sfb/Great Falls, MT$2,274$1,764
    Shreveport/Barksdale Afb, LA$2,271$1,941
    Fort Rucker, AL$2,268$1,764
    Greensboro, NC$2,262$1,968
    Abilene/Dyess Afb, TX$2,256$1,908
    Fort Gordon, AL$2,253$2,031
    Whiteman Afb, MO$2,247$1,782
    Fort Huachuca, AZ$2,235$1,974
    Columbia/Fort Jackson, SC$2,235$2,004
    Baton Rouge, LA$2,232$2,046
    Huntsville, AL$2,229$1,947
    Seymour Johnson Afb, NC$2,229$1,752
    Scott Afb, IL$2,211$1,788
    Fort Wayne, IN$2,208$2,043
    Lexington, KY$2,208$2,022
    Greenville, SC$2,208$2,004
    Mobile, AL$2,205$1,983
    El Paso, TX$2,205$1,992
    Davis-Monthan Afb, AZ$2,202$2,019
    Robins Afb, GA$2,202$1,839
    Grand Forks, ND$2,202$1,875
    Toledo, OH$2,202$2,100
    Goodfellow Afb, TX$2,199$1,716
    Columbus Afb, MS$2,184$1,722
    Fort Bragg/Pope, NC$2,178$1,935
    Minot Afb, ND$2,178$1,782
    Brownsville, TX$2,172$1,698
    China Lake, CA$2,157$1,683
    Frankfort, KY$2,136$1,626
    Lexington, VA$2,133$1,782
    Champaign/Urbana, IL$2,130$1,776
    Lansing, MI$2,130$1,899
    San Antonio, TX$2,130$1,986
    Columbia/Jefferson City, MO$2,127$1,653
    Laughlin Afb/Del Rio, TX$2,127$1,683
    Tulsa, OK$2,109$1,803
    Sioux Falls, SD$2,109$1,809
    Wright-Patterson Afb, OH$2,100$1,755
    Camp Lejeune, NC$2,088$1,776
    Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA$2,088$1,815
    White Sands Mr/Las Cruces, NM$2,085$1,821
    Topeka, KS$2,067$1,755
    Fort Benning, GA$2,061$1,854
    Sumter/Shaw Afb, SC$2,055$1,743
    Yuma, AZ$2,052$1,773
    Gulfport, MS$2,046$1,620
    Peoria, IL$2,043$1,725
    Lafayette, LA$2,043$1,722
    Paducah, KY$2,034$1,641
    Fort Leonard Wood, MO$2,034$1,608
    Morgantown, WV$2,034$1,788
    St Mary And Terrebonne, LA$2,013$1,644
    Moody Afb, GA$2,007$1,737
    Springfield/Decatur, IL$2,004$1,686
    Terre Haute, IN$2,004$1,671
    Springfield, MO$2,001$1,641
    Lubbock, TX$1,986$1,656
    Lake Charles, LA$1,983$1,548
    Akron, OH$1,980$1,764
    Little Rock, AR$1,977$1,893
    Oklahoma City, OK$1,977$1,752
    Fort Chaffee/Fort Smith, AR$1,965$1,524
    Sault Ste Marie, MI$1,962$1,743
    Meridian, MS$1,959$1,524
    Beaumont, TX$1,959$1,731
    Fort Riley, KS$1,956$1,566
    Alexandria, LA$1,953$1,533
    Wichita/Mcconnell Afb, KS$1,941$1,545
    Fort Polk, LA$1,941$1,551
    Montgomery, AL$1,935$1,719
    Sparta/Fort Mccoy, WI$1,926$1,638
    Huntington, WV$1,920$1,662
    Albany, GA$1,911$1,512
    Holloman Afb/Alamogordo, NM$1,908$1,737
    Cannon Afb/Clovis, NM$1,878$1,485
    Erie, PA$1,875$1,578
    Hattiesburg, MS$1,869$1,467
    Charleston, WV$1,863$1,596
    Saginaw, MI$1,845$1,635
    Altus Afb, OK$1,836$1,440
    Vance Afb/Enid, OK$1,821$1,440
    Youngstown, OH$1,773$1,341
    Fort Sill/Lawton, OK$1,761$1,386
    Stevens Point, WI$1,749$1,536
    Monroe, LA$1,731$1,428
    Anniston/Fort Mcclellan, AL$1,689$1,347

    About W-3 BAH Rates

    The 2026 BAH rate for W-3 (Chief Warrant Officer 3) varies from $1,689/mo in Anniston/Fort Mcclellan, AL to $6,654/mo in Westchester County, NY (with dependents).

    The national average BAH for W-3 is $2,863/mo with dependents and $2,464/mo without dependents. Use our BAH calculator to find your exact rate based on duty station.

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