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 $2,529Without $2,370

    O-2 at Birmingham draws $2,529 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,370 without

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    Birmingham, AL
    O-2 · with dependents
    $2,529/ month
    $30,348 / year
    At O-2, this is #135 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,451 · low Youngstown $1,332
    MHA AL007 · ZIPs 35004 35005 35006 35007 35015 35020 +117 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,242 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,370 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Birmingham — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,223$1,668
    E-2$2,223$1,668
    E-3$2,223$1,668
    E-4$2,223$1,668
    E-5$2,439$1,878
    E-6$2,532$2,031
    E-7$2,550$2,232
    E-8$2,559$2,463
    E-9$2,583$2,478
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,547$2,160
    W-2$2,556$2,460
    W-3$2,568$2,484
    W-4$2,598$2,520
    W-5$2,682$2,532
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,553$2,436
    O-2E$2,562$2,472
    O-3E$2,613$2,517
    Officer
    O-1$2,457$2,007
    O-2$2,529$2,370
    O-3$2,565$2,490
    O-4$2,703$2,523
    O-5$2,826$2,535
    O-6$2,847$2,538
    O-7$2,865$2,556
    PCS compareBirmingham · O-2 · $2,529/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,739/mo · $32,868/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$210+$2,520/yr · like +$3,231 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,451 / month
    San Francisco$5,451
    Buffalo$2,550
    Spokane$2,550
    Patuxent River$2,544
    Twenty Nine Palms MCB$2,544
    Birmingham$2,529
    Fort Collins$2,529
    Helena$2,526
    Cincinnati$2,523
    Eglin AFB$2,523
    Youngstown$1,332

    Birmingham is #135 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 Birmingham0 – $2,865 / month
    E-1$2,223
    E-2$2,223
    E-3$2,223
    E-4$2,223
    E-5$2,439
    E-6$2,532
    E-7$2,550
    E-8$2,559
    E-9$2,583
    W-1$2,547
    W-2$2,556
    W-3$2,568
    W-4$2,598
    W-5$2,682
    O-1E$2,553
    O-2E$2,562
    O-3E$2,613
    O-1$2,457
    O-2$2,529
    O-3$2,565
    O-4$2,703
    O-5$2,826
    O-6$2,847
    O-7$2,865

    Promoting to O-3 here adds $36 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 Birmingham to San Francisco at O-2 is worth $2,922 a month — about 81 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $36 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 7% 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. $2,529 a month of BAH takes more than $2,529 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.