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-1 without dependents at County Cost Group 590 draws $1,185 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 590
    O-1 · without dependents
    $1,185/ month
    $14,220 / year
    At O-1, this is #318 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,074
    MHA ZZ590 · ZIPs 15711 15715 15730 15733 15744 15764 +606 more
    Your grade is calledARMY2LTUSMC2ndLtNAVYENSUSAF2d Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,519 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,437 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 590 — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,290$1,041
    E-2$1,290$1,041
    E-3$1,290$1,041
    E-4$1,290$1,041
    E-5$1,392$1,128
    E-6$1,692$1,266
    E-7$1,761$1,320
    E-8$1,833$1,458
    E-9$1,944$1,539
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,710$1,284
    W-2$1,791$1,455
    W-3$1,884$1,551
    W-4$1,968$1,701
    W-5$2,073$1,776
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,770$1,389
    O-2E$1,869$1,521
    O-3E$1,983$1,683
    Officer
    O-1$1,437$1,185
    O-2$1,689$1,362
    O-3$1,881$1,581
    O-4$2,103$1,755
    O-5$2,268$1,794
    O-6$2,283$1,860
    O-7$2,295$1,890
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 590 · O-1 · $1,185/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,055/mo · $24,660/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$870+$10,440/yr · like +$13,385 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    County Cost Group 600$1,194
    Springfield$1,194
    Columbia$1,191
    Fort Polk$1,191
    County Cost Group 590$1,185
    Springfield$1,182
    County Cost Group 580$1,173
    Fort Sill$1,167
    County Cost Group 570$1,164
    Youngstown$1,074

    County Cost Group 590 is #318 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,993 a month — $47,916 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at County Cost Group 5900 – $1,890 / month
    E-1$1,041
    E-2$1,041
    E-3$1,041
    E-4$1,041
    E-5$1,128
    E-6$1,266
    E-7$1,320
    E-8$1,458
    E-9$1,539
    W-1$1,284
    W-2$1,455
    W-3$1,551
    W-4$1,701
    W-5$1,776
    O-1E$1,389
    O-2E$1,521
    O-3E$1,683
    O-1$1,185
    O-2$1,362
    O-3$1,581
    O-4$1,755
    O-5$1,794
    O-6$1,860
    O-7$1,890

    Promoting to O-2 here adds $177 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 590 to New York City at O-1 is worth $3,882 a month — about 22 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $177 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 21% 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. $1,185 a month of BAH takes more than $1,185 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.