BAH Rate Desk2026
Rates effective
01 JAN 2026 · CONUS

Basic Allowance for Housing by duty station, pay grade and dependency status. Official DoD rates, no login, no email.

Duty station or MHA
    Try Fort Liberty, Cavazos, Moore or a ZIP — old and unofficial names resolve.
    Or type your rank
    Enlisted
    E-1E-2E-3E-4E-5E-6E-7E-8E-9
    Warrant
    W-1W-2W-3W-4W-5
    Prior enl.
    O-1EO-2EO-3E
    Officer
    O-1O-2O-3O-4O-5O-6O-7
    Dependents
    With $2,742Without $2,076

    E-6 at Aberdeen Proving Grounds draws $2,742 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,076 without

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    Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD
    E-6 · with dependents
    $2,742/ month
    $32,904 / year
    At E-6, this is #107 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,454 · low Youngstown $1,335
    MHA MD127 · ZIPs 21001 21005 21009 21010 21014 21015 +32 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSSGUSMCSSgtNAVYPO1USAFTSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,515 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,076 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,268$1,875
    E-2$2,268$1,875
    E-3$2,268$1,875
    E-4$2,268$1,875
    E-5$2,478$1,986
    E-6$2,742$2,076
    E-7$2,862$2,274
    E-8$2,991$2,538
    E-9$3,165$2,607
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,760$2,205
    W-2$2,916$2,535
    W-3$3,075$2,619
    W-4$3,198$2,766
    W-5$3,348$2,892
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,883$2,475
    O-2E$3,051$2,592
    O-3E$3,222$2,733
    Officer
    O-1$2,517$2,055
    O-2$2,739$2,412
    O-3$3,072$2,643
    O-4$3,396$2,865
    O-5$3,630$2,934
    O-6$3,660$3,054
    O-7$3,687$3,108
    PCS compareAberdeen Proving Grounds · E-6 · $2,742/mo
    Abilene$2,820/mo · $33,840/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$78+$936/yr · like +$1,200 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-6 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,454 / month
    San Francisco$5,454
    Great Lakes Navtracen$2,760
    Portland$2,751
    County Cost Group 850$2,745
    Whidbey Island$2,745
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,742
    Rome$2,739
    Bremerton$2,730
    Charlottesville$2,715
    Corvallis$2,715
    Youngstown$1,335

    Aberdeen Proving Grounds is #107 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,119 a month — $49,428 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Aberdeen Proving Grounds0 – $3,687 / month
    E-1$2,268
    E-2$2,268
    E-3$2,268
    E-4$2,268
    E-5$2,478
    E-6$2,742
    E-7$2,862
    E-8$2,991
    E-9$3,165
    W-1$2,760
    W-2$2,916
    W-3$3,075
    W-4$3,198
    W-5$3,348
    O-1E$2,883
    O-2E$3,051
    O-3E$3,222
    O-1$2,517
    O-2$2,739
    O-3$3,072
    O-4$3,396
    O-5$3,630
    O-6$3,660
    O-7$3,687

    Promoting to E-7 here adds $120 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Aberdeen Proving Grounds to San Francisco at E-6 is worth $2,712 a month — about 23 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $120 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 32% here. That is a status your finance office determines, not a box you tick — and it is the single largest lever on this page that is not a change of address.

    03

    None of it is taxed. $2,742 a month of BAH takes more than $2,742 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

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    Things the rate table doesn't tell you

    01

    “With dependents” is a dependency status, not a marital status. A single member paying child support can be authorized BAH-Diff; a married dual-military couple with no children is not automatically the with-dependents rate for both. If your situation is unusual, your finance office decides — not this table.

    02

    O-8, O-9 and O-10 draw the same BAH as O-7. The table stops there for a reason, not because it is missing rows.

    03

    This is CONUS BAH only. Overseas is OHA, which works differently — it reimburses actual rent up to a cap, with separate utility and move-in allowances. Alaska and Hawaii are BAH; Germany, Japan and Korea are OHA.