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
    WithWithout

    E-1 without dependents at County Cost Group 530 draws $1,002 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 530
    E-1 · without dependents
    $1,002/ month
    $12,024 / year
    At E-1, this is #331 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879
    MHA ZZ530 · ZIPs 24901 24902 24916 24925 24931 24938 +208 more
    Your grade is calledARMYPVTUSMCPvtNAVYSRUSAFAB
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,285 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,239 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 530 — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,239$1,002
    E-2$1,239$1,002
    E-3$1,239$1,002
    E-4$1,239$1,002
    E-5$1,338$1,080
    E-6$1,635$1,224
    E-7$1,701$1,275
    E-8$1,773$1,401
    E-9$1,881$1,482
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,653$1,239
    W-2$1,731$1,398
    W-3$1,824$1,494
    W-4$1,902$1,644
    W-5$2,007$1,716
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,710$1,335
    O-2E$1,806$1,464
    O-3E$1,920$1,626
    Officer
    O-1$1,380$1,134
    O-2$1,632$1,308
    O-3$1,821$1,524
    O-4$2,037$1,698
    O-5$2,196$1,734
    O-6$2,211$1,800
    O-7$2,223$1,827
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 530 · E-1 · $1,002/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,875/mo · $22,500/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$873+$10,476/yr · like +$13,431 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
    New York City$4,833
    County Cost Group 550$1,011
    Frankfort$1,011
    Vance AFB$1,008
    County Cost Group 540$1,005
    County Cost Group 530$1,002
    County Cost Group 520$999
    County Cost Group 510$996
    Fort Sill$969
    Altus AFB$948
    Fort Chaffee$879

    County Cost Group 530 is #331 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 County Cost Group 5300 – $1,827 / month
    E-1$1,002
    E-2$1,002
    E-3$1,002
    E-4$1,002
    E-5$1,080
    E-6$1,224
    E-7$1,275
    E-8$1,401
    E-9$1,482
    W-1$1,239
    W-2$1,398
    W-3$1,494
    W-4$1,644
    W-5$1,716
    O-1E$1,335
    O-2E$1,464
    O-3E$1,626
    O-1$1,134
    O-2$1,308
    O-3$1,524
    O-4$1,698
    O-5$1,734
    O-6$1,800
    O-7$1,827

    Promoting to E-2 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 24% 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. $1,002 a month of BAH takes more than $1,002 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.