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-4 with dependents at Beaufort draws $3,192 per month in 2026

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    Beaufort/Parris Island, SC
    O-4 · with dependents
    $3,192/ month
    $38,304 / year
    At O-4, this is #114 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $7,470 · low Youngstown $1,809
    MHA SC258 · ZIPs 29901 29902 29903 29904 29905 29906 +19 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,092 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,817 without 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-4 · $3,192/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,396/mo · $40,752/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$204+$2,448/yr · like +$3,138 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,470 / month
    Westchester County$7,470
    County Cost Group 840$3,225
    Fresno$3,213
    Fairbanks$3,210
    Allentown$3,207
    Beaufort$3,192
    Minneapolis$3,183
    College Station$3,165
    County Cost Group 830$3,138
    Orlando$3,135
    Youngstown$1,809

    Beaufort is #114 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,661 a month — $67,932 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Beaufort0 – $3,489 / month
    E-1$2,319
    E-2$2,319
    E-3$2,319
    E-4$2,319
    E-5$2,403
    E-6$2,811
    E-7$2,835
    E-8$2,844
    E-9$2,949
    W-1$2,832
    W-2$2,841
    W-3$2,859
    W-4$2,982
    W-5$3,141
    O-1E$2,838
    O-2E$2,850
    O-3E$3,009
    O-1$2,457
    O-2$2,808
    O-3$2,856
    O-4$3,192
    O-5$3,438
    O-6$3,465
    O-7$3,489

    Promoting to O-5 here adds $246 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 Westchester County at O-4 is worth $4,278 a month — about 17 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $246 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. $3,192 a month of BAH takes more than $3,192 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.