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
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    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-2 with dependents at Carlisle Barracks draws $2,373 per month in 2026

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    Carlisle Barracks, PA
    O-2 · with dependents
    $2,373/ month
    $28,476 / year
    At O-2, this is #168 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,451 · low Youngstown $1,332
    MHA PA247 · ZIPs 17001 17003 17005 17006 17007 17010 +257 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,042 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,022 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Carlisle Barracks — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,902$1,431
    E-2$1,902$1,431
    E-3$1,902$1,431
    E-4$1,902$1,431
    E-5$2,076$1,617
    E-6$2,376$1,779
    E-7$2,442$1,908
    E-8$2,514$2,142
    E-9$2,643$2,223
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,394$1,854
    W-2$2,469$2,139
    W-3$2,562$2,235
    W-4$2,673$2,385
    W-5$2,811$2,457
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,451$2,073
    O-2E$2,547$2,205
    O-3E$2,694$2,367
    Officer
    O-1$2,121$1,725
    O-2$2,373$2,022
    O-3$2,559$2,265
    O-4$2,853$2,439
    O-5$3,069$2,475
    O-6$3,093$2,538
    O-7$3,114$2,580
    PCS compareCarlisle Barracks · O-2 · $2,373/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,739/mo · $32,868/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$366+$4,392/yr · like +$5,631 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,451 / month
    San Francisco$5,451
    College Station$2,385
    County Cost Group 810$2,385
    Syracuse$2,382
    Yakima$2,379
    Carlisle Barracks$2,373
    Omaha$2,373
    New Orleans$2,370
    Battle Creek$2,367
    Myrtle Beach$2,358
    Youngstown$1,332

    Carlisle Barracks is #168 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 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 O-3 here adds $186 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 Carlisle Barracks to San Francisco at O-2 is worth $3,078 a month — about 17 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $186 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. $2,373 a month of BAH takes more than $2,373 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.