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 $2,796Without $2,097

    E-6 at Astoria draws $2,796 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,097 without

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    Astoria, OR
    E-6 · with dependents
    $2,796/ month
    $33,552 / year
    At E-6, this is #101 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,454 · low Youngstown $1,335
    MHA OR241 · ZIPs 97102 97103 97110 97121 97138 97145 +17 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSSGUSMCSSgtNAVYPO1USAFTSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,585 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,097 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Astoria — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,914$1,623
    E-2$1,914$1,623
    E-3$1,914$1,623
    E-4$1,914$1,623
    E-5$2,055$1,713
    E-6$2,796$2,097
    E-7$2,949$2,211
    E-8$3,114$2,337
    E-9$3,291$2,469
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,817$2,112
    W-2$3,015$2,262
    W-3$3,219$2,472
    W-4$3,318$2,829
    W-5$3,444$2,985
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,979$2,235
    O-2E$3,189$2,391
    O-3E$3,339$2,790
    Officer
    O-1$2,145$1,773
    O-2$2,787$2,214
    O-3$3,213$2,526
    O-4$3,480$2,955
    O-5$3,672$3,045
    O-6$3,702$3,198
    O-7$3,729$3,252
    PCS compareAstoria · E-6 · $2,796/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,742/mo · $32,904/yr
    ▼ CUT−$54−$648/yr · like −$831 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-6 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,454 / month
    San Francisco$5,454
    Dallas$2,808
    Bridgeport$2,805
    Austin$2,802
    Traverse City$2,802
    Astoria$2,796
    Minneapolis$2,781
    Great Lakes Navtracen$2,760
    Portland$2,751
    County Cost Group 850$2,745
    Youngstown$1,335

    Astoria is #101 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 Astoria0 – $3,729 / month
    E-1$1,914
    E-2$1,914
    E-3$1,914
    E-4$1,914
    E-5$2,055
    E-6$2,796
    E-7$2,949
    E-8$3,114
    E-9$3,291
    W-1$2,817
    W-2$3,015
    W-3$3,219
    W-4$3,318
    W-5$3,444
    O-1E$2,979
    O-2E$3,189
    O-3E$3,339
    O-1$2,145
    O-2$2,787
    O-3$3,213
    O-4$3,480
    O-5$3,672
    O-6$3,702
    O-7$3,729

    Promoting to E-7 here adds $153 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 Astoria to San Francisco at E-6 is worth $2,658 a month — about 17 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $153 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $2,796 a month of BAH takes more than $2,796 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.