Peterson Space Force Base BAH

Peterson Space Force Base is paid at COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, housing area CO046. An E-5 with dependents draws $2,358 a month there, tax free.

Why the names don't matchThe DoD sets one rate per housing area, not per base, and names the area after the civilian housing market it measures. Peterson Space Force Base sits inside COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, so that's the rate it pays.

Housing area: CO046Rank at E-5: 119 of 338vs national median: +14%

Every pay grade at Peterson Space Force Base

Grade	With dependents	Without	A year, with deps
E-1	$2,160	$1,689	$25,920
E-2	$2,160	$1,689	$25,920
E-3	$2,160	$1,689	$25,920
E-4	$2,160	$1,689	$25,920
E-5	$2,358	$1,860	$28,296
E-6	$2,433	$1,980	$29,196
E-7	$2,487	$2,166	$29,844
E-8	$2,553	$2,379	$30,636
E-9	$2,646	$2,388	$31,752
W-1	$2,448	$2,103	$29,376
W-2	$2,514	$2,376	$30,168
W-3	$2,598	$2,394	$31,176
W-4	$2,664	$2,436	$31,968
W-5	$2,754	$2,502	$33,048
O-1E	$2,496	$2,355	$29,952
O-2E	$2,583	$2,385	$30,996
O-3E	$2,679	$2,418	$32,148
O-1	$2,376	$1,959	$28,512
O-2	$2,430	$2,295	$29,160
O-3	$2,595	$2,397	$31,140
O-4	$2,778	$2,484	$33,336
O-5	$2,913	$2,517	$34,956
O-6	$2,934	$2,574	$35,208
O-7	$2,955	$2,616	$35,460
O-8	$2,955	$2,616	$35,460
O-9	$2,955	$2,616	$35,460
O-10	$2,955	$2,616	$35,460

These are the COLORADO SPRINGS, CO rates, rate year 2026. Every installation in the area draws the same figure. BAH-ASCII-2026.zip

Paid at the same rate

A move between any of these changes nothing about your housing allowance, because they all draw the same rate.

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Moving here, or away

The comparison on the front page puts this rate against whichever station you're at now and shows what the move does to the money.