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.

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    Dependents
    With $4,896Without $4,188

    O-6 at Burlington draws $4,896 per month with dependents in 2026, $4,188 without

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    Burlington, VT
    O-6 · with dependents
    $4,896/ month
    $58,752 / year
    At O-6, this is #33 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $8,136 · low Youngstown $1,839
    MHA VT305 · ZIPs 05401 05402 05403 05404 05405 05406 +52 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$6,277 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$4,188 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
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    PCS compareBurlington · O-6 · $4,896/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,660/mo · $43,920/yr
    ▼ CUT$1,236−$14,832/yr · like −$19,015 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-6 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $8,136 / month
    Westchester County$8,136
    Fitchburg$5,010
    Honolulu County$5,001
    Perth Amboy$4,968
    Marin$4,905
    Burlington$4,896
    Seattle$4,836
    Ventura$4,830
    West Palm Beach$4,824
    Manchester$4,746
    Youngstown$1,839

    Burlington is #33 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $6,297 a month — $75,564 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Burlington0 – $4,935 / month
    E-1$2,847
    E-2$2,847
    E-3$2,847
    E-4$2,847
    E-5$3,120
    E-6$3,741
    E-7$3,912
    E-8$4,092
    E-9$4,314
    W-1$3,762
    W-2$3,984
    W-3$4,209
    W-4$4,353
    W-5$4,527
    O-1E$3,942
    O-2E$4,176
    O-3E$4,380
    O-1$3,201
    O-2$3,732
    O-3$4,203
    O-4$4,584
    O-5$4,857
    O-6$4,896
    O-7$4,935

    Promoting to O-7 here adds $39 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 Burlington to Westchester County at O-6 is worth $3,240 a month — about 83 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $39 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 17% 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. $4,896 a month of BAH takes more than $4,896 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.