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 with dependents at Astoria draws $3,213 per month in 2026

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    Astoria, OR
    O-3 · with dependents
    $3,213/ month
    $38,556 / year
    At O-3, this is #79 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,633 · low Anniston $1,686
    MHA OR241 · ZIPs 97102 97103 97110 97121 97138 97145 +17 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,119 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,526 without dependents
    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 · O-3 · $3,213/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,072/mo · $36,864/yr
    ▼ CUT−$141−$1,692/yr · like −$2,169 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,633 / month
    Westchester County$6,633
    County Cost Group 870$3,270
    Edwards AFB$3,264
    Fort Detrick$3,255
    Ballston Spa$3,234
    Astoria$3,213
    Denver$3,207
    Milwaukee$3,189
    Cape May$3,186
    Kodiak Island$3,174
    Anniston$1,686

    Astoria is #79 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,947 a month — $59,364 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 O-4 here adds $267 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 Westchester County at O-3 is worth $3,420 a month — about 13 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $267 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 27% 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. $3,213 a month of BAH takes more than $3,213 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.