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
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    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-3 without dependents at Akron draws $1,797 per month in 2026

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    Akron, OH
    O-3 · without dependents
    $1,797/ month
    $21,564 / year
    At O-3, this is #261 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,331 · low Youngstown $1,344
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,304 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,977 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Akron — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,536$1,197
    E-2$1,536$1,197
    E-3$1,536$1,197
    E-4$1,536$1,197
    E-5$1,581$1,383
    E-6$1,926$1,494
    E-7$1,950$1,539
    E-8$1,962$1,653
    E-9$2,094$1,752
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,947$1,536
    W-2$1,956$1,650
    W-3$1,980$1,764
    W-4$2,136$1,923
    W-5$2,337$1,947
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,953$1,578
    O-2E$1,971$1,728
    O-3E$2,169$1,920
    Officer
    O-1$1,629$1,491
    O-2$1,923$1,569
    O-3$1,977$1,797
    O-4$2,403$1,935
    O-5$2,715$2,037
    O-6$2,736$2,052
    O-7$2,751$2,064
    PCS compareAkron · O-3 · $1,797/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,643/mo · $31,716/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$846+$10,152/yr · like +$13,015 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,331 / month
    San Francisco$5,331
    Champaign$1,818
    Morgantown$1,812
    Whiteman AFB$1,812
    Camp Lejeune$1,809
    Akron$1,797
    Seymour Johnson AFB$1,794
    Fallon NAS$1,785
    Sumter$1,785
    Yuma$1,785
    Youngstown$1,344

    Akron is #261 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,987 a month — $47,844 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Akron0 – $2,064 / month
    E-1$1,197
    E-2$1,197
    E-3$1,197
    E-4$1,197
    E-5$1,383
    E-6$1,494
    E-7$1,539
    E-8$1,653
    E-9$1,752
    W-1$1,536
    W-2$1,650
    W-3$1,764
    W-4$1,923
    W-5$1,947
    O-1E$1,578
    O-2E$1,728
    O-3E$1,920
    O-1$1,491
    O-2$1,569
    O-3$1,797
    O-4$1,935
    O-5$2,037
    O-6$2,052
    O-7$2,064

    Promoting to O-4 here adds $138 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 Akron to San Francisco at O-3 is worth $3,534 a month — about 26 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $138 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 10% 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. $1,797 a month of BAH takes more than $1,797 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.