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 $1,536Without $1,362

    O-2 at Albany draws $1,536 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,362 without

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    Albany, GA
    O-2 · with dependents
    $1,536/ month
    $18,432 / year
    At O-2, this is #333 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,451 · low Youngstown $1,332
    MHA GA072 · ZIPs 31701 31702 31703 31704 31705 31706 +6 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,969 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,362 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Albany — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,326$1,197
    E-2$1,326$1,197
    E-3$1,326$1,197
    E-4$1,326$1,197
    E-5$1,371$1,242
    E-6$1,539$1,284
    E-7$1,671$1,329
    E-8$1,815$1,410
    E-9$2,010$1,509
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,557$1,326
    W-2$1,731$1,407
    W-3$1,911$1,512
    W-4$2,046$1,563
    W-5$2,217$1,707
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,695$1,368
    O-2E$1,884$1,440
    O-3E$2,073$1,554
    Officer
    O-1$1,401$1,281
    O-2$1,536$1,362
    O-3$1,905$1,515
    O-4$2,271$1,704
    O-5$2,532$1,899
    O-6$2,550$1,914
    O-7$2,568$1,926
    PCS compareAlbany · O-2 · $1,536/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,739/mo · $32,868/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,203+$14,436/yr · like +$18,508 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,451 / month
    San Francisco$5,451
    Gulfport$1,617
    Cannon AFB$1,590
    Altus AFB$1,560
    Meridian$1,542
    Albany$1,536
    Hattiesburg$1,521
    Vance AFB$1,509
    Fort Sill$1,491
    Anniston$1,488
    Youngstown$1,332

    Albany is #333 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 Albany0 – $2,568 / month
    E-1$1,326
    E-2$1,326
    E-3$1,326
    E-4$1,326
    E-5$1,371
    E-6$1,539
    E-7$1,671
    E-8$1,815
    E-9$2,010
    W-1$1,557
    W-2$1,731
    W-3$1,911
    W-4$2,046
    W-5$2,217
    O-1E$1,695
    O-2E$1,884
    O-3E$2,073
    O-1$1,401
    O-2$1,536
    O-3$1,905
    O-4$2,271
    O-5$2,532
    O-6$2,550
    O-7$2,568

    Promoting to O-3 here adds $369 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 Albany to San Francisco at O-2 is worth $3,915 a month — about 11 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $369 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 13% 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. $1,536 a month of BAH takes more than $1,536 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.