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-2E without dependents at Beaufort draws $2,580 per month in 2026

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    Beaufort/Parris Island, SC
    O-2E · without dependents
    $2,580/ month
    $30,960 / year
    At O-2E, this is #98 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,268 · low Youngstown $1,305
    MHA SC258 · ZIPs 29901 29902 29903 29904 29905 29906 +19 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,308 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,850 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Beaufort — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,319$1,875
    E-2$2,319$1,875
    E-3$2,319$1,875
    E-4$2,319$1,875
    E-5$2,403$2,103
    E-6$2,811$2,235
    E-7$2,835$2,319
    E-8$2,844$2,490
    E-9$2,949$2,607
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,832$2,304
    W-2$2,841$2,487
    W-3$2,859$2,622
    W-4$2,982$2,808
    W-5$3,141$2,829
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,838$2,400
    O-2E$2,850$2,580
    O-3E$3,009$2,805
    Officer
    O-1$2,457$2,232
    O-2$2,808$2,379
    O-3$2,856$2,661
    O-4$3,192$2,817
    O-5$3,438$2,832
    O-6$3,465$2,835
    O-7$3,489$2,883
    PCS compareBeaufort · O-2E · $2,580/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,592/mo · $31,104/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$12+$144/yr · like +$185 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,268 / month
    San Francisco$5,268
    Fresno$2,607
    Oxford$2,604
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,592
    Hampden County$2,589
    Beaufort$2,580
    Allentown$2,577
    Great Lakes Navtracen$2,571
    Austin$2,556
    County Cost Group 850$2,553
    Youngstown$1,305

    Beaufort is #98 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,963 a month — $47,556 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Beaufort0 – $2,883 / month
    E-1$1,875
    E-2$1,875
    E-3$1,875
    E-4$1,875
    E-5$2,103
    E-6$2,235
    E-7$2,319
    E-8$2,490
    E-9$2,607
    W-1$2,304
    W-2$2,487
    W-3$2,622
    W-4$2,808
    W-5$2,829
    O-1E$2,400
    O-2E$2,580
    O-3E$2,805
    O-1$2,232
    O-2$2,379
    O-3$2,661
    O-4$2,817
    O-5$2,832
    O-6$2,835
    O-7$2,883

    Promoting to O-3E here adds $225 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 Beaufort to San Francisco at O-2E is worth $2,688 a month — about 12 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $225 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. $2,580 a month of BAH takes more than $2,580 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.