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

    O-3 without dependents at County Cost Group 530 draws $1,524 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 530
    O-3 · without dependents
    $1,524/ month
    $18,288 / year
    At O-3, this is #327 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,331 · low Youngstown $1,344
    MHA ZZ530 · ZIPs 24901 24902 24916 24925 24931 24938 +208 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,954 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,821 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 · O-3 · $1,524/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,643/mo · $31,716/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,119+$13,428/yr · like +$17,215 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,331 / month
    San Francisco$5,331
    Alexandria$1,536
    County Cost Group 540$1,530
    Fort Chaffee$1,527
    Meridian$1,527
    County Cost Group 530$1,524
    County Cost Group 520$1,518
    Albany$1,515
    County Cost Group 510$1,515
    Cannon AFB$1,506
    Youngstown$1,344

    County Cost Group 530 is #327 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,987 a month — $47,844 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 O-4 here adds $174 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 County Cost Group 530 to San Francisco at O-3 is worth $3,807 a month — about 22 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $174 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 19% 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. $1,524 a month of BAH takes more than $1,524 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.