2025 BAH Rates at Fort Bliss

Fort Bliss will see some good increases in BAH in 2025! The average for BAH will increase by 5.4% for the second year in a row. The new BAH rates go into effect January 1, 2025. See below for dollar and percentage differences from year to year.

YEAR-TO-YEAR COMPARISON

The 5.4% average increase from 2024 to 2025 represents another larger-than-normal increase. The 2023 increase of 12.1% was up from 5.1% in 2022.

The department bases BAH on a combination of local costs for rent and utilities for various housing types. Any fluctuation of one or more of those factors affects BAH rates for that location.

WITH DEPENDENTS

WITHOUT DEPENDENTS

Rates go up with the start of the new calendar year. The Defense Department estimated that it will pay about 1 million service members a total of $29.2 billion in BAH in 2025.