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
    WithWithout

    O-4 without dependents at Aberdeen Proving Grounds draws $2,865 per month in 2026

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    Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD
    O-4 · without dependents
    $2,865/ month
    $34,380 / year
    At O-4, this is #100 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $5,874 · low Youngstown $1,497
    MHA MD127 · ZIPs 21001 21005 21009 21010 21014 21015 +32 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,673 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,396 with dependents
    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 · O-4 · $2,865/mo
    Abilene$2,820/mo · $33,840/yr
    ▼ CUT−$45−$540/yr · like −$692 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-4 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,874 / month
    Westchester County$5,874
    Patrick SFB$2,883
    Bridgeport$2,880
    Whidbey Island$2,880
    Oxford$2,871
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,865
    Eglin AFB$2,865
    Fresno$2,859
    Great Lakes Navtracen$2,853
    Portland$2,853
    Youngstown$1,497

    Aberdeen Proving Grounds is #100 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,377 a month — $52,524 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Aberdeen Proving Grounds0 – $3,108 / month
    E-1$1,875
    E-2$1,875
    E-3$1,875
    E-4$1,875
    E-5$1,986
    E-6$2,076
    E-7$2,274
    E-8$2,538
    E-9$2,607
    W-1$2,205
    W-2$2,535
    W-3$2,619
    W-4$2,766
    W-5$2,892
    O-1E$2,475
    O-2E$2,592
    O-3E$2,733
    O-1$2,055
    O-2$2,412
    O-3$2,643
    O-4$2,865
    O-5$2,934
    O-6$3,054
    O-7$3,108

    Promoting to O-5 here adds $69 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 Westchester County at O-4 is worth $3,009 a month — about 44 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $69 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 19% 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. $2,865 a month of BAH takes more than $2,865 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.