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-6 with dependents at County Cost Group 560 draws $1,659 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 560
    E-6 · with dependents
    $1,659/ month
    $19,908 / year
    At E-6, this is #319 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,454 · low Youngstown $1,335
    MHA ZZ560 · ZIPs 24053 24076 24082 24120 24133 24171 +476 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSSGUSMCSSgtNAVYPO1USAFTSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,127 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,242 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 560 — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,260$1,017
    E-2$1,260$1,017
    E-3$1,260$1,017
    E-4$1,260$1,017
    E-5$1,362$1,101
    E-6$1,659$1,242
    E-7$1,725$1,293
    E-8$1,800$1,425
    E-9$1,908$1,506
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,677$1,257
    W-2$1,755$1,422
    W-3$1,851$1,521
    W-4$1,932$1,668
    W-5$2,037$1,743
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,737$1,359
    O-2E$1,833$1,488
    O-3E$1,947$1,650
    Officer
    O-1$1,404$1,155
    O-2$1,656$1,332
    O-3$1,848$1,548
    O-4$2,067$1,722
    O-5$2,226$1,761
    O-6$2,241$1,827
    O-7$2,253$1,854
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 560 · E-6 · $1,659/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,742/mo · $32,904/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,083+$12,996/yr · like +$16,662 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-6 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,454 / month
    San Francisco$5,454
    Erie$1,680
    Fort Chaffee$1,680
    Alexandria$1,677
    County Cost Group 570$1,668
    County Cost Group 560$1,659
    County Cost Group 550$1,650
    St Mary And Terrebonne$1,650
    County Cost Group 540$1,641
    County Cost Group 530$1,635
    Youngstown$1,335

    County Cost Group 560 is #319 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 County Cost Group 5600 – $2,253 / month
    E-1$1,260
    E-2$1,260
    E-3$1,260
    E-4$1,260
    E-5$1,362
    E-6$1,659
    E-7$1,725
    E-8$1,800
    E-9$1,908
    W-1$1,677
    W-2$1,755
    W-3$1,851
    W-4$1,932
    W-5$2,037
    O-1E$1,737
    O-2E$1,833
    O-3E$1,947
    O-1$1,404
    O-2$1,656
    O-3$1,848
    O-4$2,067
    O-5$2,226
    O-6$2,241
    O-7$2,253

    Promoting to E-7 here adds $66 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 560 to San Francisco at E-6 is worth $3,795 a month — about 58 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $66 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 34% 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. $1,659 a month of BAH takes more than $1,659 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.