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United States Air Force Academy BAH

United States Air Force Academy 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. United States Air Force Academy 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 United States Air Force Academy

GradeWith dependentsWithoutA 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.

Moving here, or away

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