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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    Dependents
    With $1,902Without $1,431

    E-2 at Carlisle Barracks draws $1,902 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,431 without

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    Carlisle Barracks, PA
    E-2 · with dependents
    $1,902/ month
    $22,824 / year
    At E-2, this is #173 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA PA247 · ZIPs 17001 17003 17005 17006 17007 17010 +257 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,438 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,431 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
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    PCS compareCarlisle Barracks · E-2 · $1,902/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$366+$4,392/yr · like +$5,631 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    County Cost Group 810$1,923
    Duluth$1,917
    Astoria$1,914
    El Centro$1,905
    Carlisle Barracks$1,902
    Eastern Panhandle$1,899
    Twenty Nine Palms MCB$1,896
    Barstow$1,890
    Omaha$1,887
    Youngstown$1,134

    Carlisle Barracks is #173 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month — $47,196 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Carlisle Barracks0 – $3,114 / month
    E-1$1,902
    E-2$1,902
    E-3$1,902
    E-4$1,902
    E-5$2,076
    E-6$2,376
    E-7$2,442
    E-8$2,514
    E-9$2,643
    W-1$2,394
    W-2$2,469
    W-3$2,562
    W-4$2,673
    W-5$2,811
    O-1E$2,451
    O-2E$2,547
    O-3E$2,694
    O-1$2,121
    O-2$2,373
    O-3$2,559
    O-4$2,853
    O-5$3,069
    O-6$3,093
    O-7$3,114

    Promoting to E-3 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $1,902 a month of BAH takes more than $1,902 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.