Housing Allowance

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Does your housing allowance increase with rank?

yes it does.
Also housing allowance (BAH) is different for single members and members with dependents. BAH is non-taxable so based on location O-3 with dependents can get from 11,640.00 (Pine Bluff, AR) to 39,336.00 (San Francisco, CA) tax free income.

2009 BAH rates (for all states):
With dependents: http://images.military.com//ContenFiles/2009-bah-with-dependents.pdf

Without dependents: http://images.military.com//ContenFiles/2009-bah-without-dependents.pdf