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Charlotte BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA NC179

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O-1 · With dependents
$2,211per month

$26,532 per year · federal tax-free allowance

Official DoD / DTMO rate · CONUS BAH, not an estimate

National position #146 of 338O-1 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$2,835/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change−$33/mo · −1.5%2025 $2,244 → 2026 $2,211
O-1 rate selectedMHA NC179 ZIPs 28006 28012 28016 28021 28025 28026 +119
PCS compare Charlotte · O-1 · with dep. · $2,211/mo
Charlotte $2,211/mo · $26,532/yr
CURRENT

Pick a station below to see what the move is worth a year, before tax. Orders rarely arrive as one option — add several and rank them.

Comparison uses with-dependents rates. Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

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Rate history

How updates work
2025$2,244
2026$2,211

Verified official history. With-dependents rate shown; use the dependency switch above for its exact comparison.

Charlotte — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

O-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,172 / month
San Francisco $5,172
Coastal Maine $2,259
Rochester $2,259
Brunswick $2,253
Dahlonega $2,250
Knoxville $2,247
Houston $2,241
Albuquerque $2,235
Spokane $2,235
Eugene $2,229
Grand Haven $2,223
Charlotte $2,211
County Cost Group 820 $2,208
Panama City $2,202
Jacksonville $2,196
Rome $2,190
Grand Rapids $2,184
Memphis $2,181
Bridgeport $2,169
Lemoore NAS $2,166
Salt Lake City $2,166
Fort Worth $2,163
Youngstown $1,218

Charlotte is #146 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month — $47,448 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Charlotte0 – $2,610 / month
E-1 $2,004
E-2 $2,004
E-3 $2,004
E-4 $2,004
E-5 $2,169
E-6 $2,436
E-7 $2,457
E-8 $2,466
E-9 $2,478
W-1 $2,454
W-2 $2,463
W-3 $2,475
W-4 $2,481
W-5 $2,514
O-1E $2,460
O-2E $2,469
O-3E $2,484
O-1 $2,211
O-2 $2,433
O-3 $2,472
O-4 $2,520
O-5 $2,577
O-6 $2,595
O-7 $2,610

The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Moving from Charlotte to San Francisco at O-1 is worth $2,961 a month — about 13 promotions at this grade. Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.

What the rate table does not 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.

Source: DoD Defense Travel Management Office, effective 01 JAN 2026. How these rates are sourced and checked.

Source record

Where these numbers come from

Official fields remain unchanged. Years are aligned by DTMO's MHA code; no missing value is interpolated.

2026 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2026-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-05
Last verified
2026-09-07
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2025 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2025-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Last verified
2026-09-07
SHA-256
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