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
    Dependents
    With $1,983Without $1,683

    O-3E at County Cost Group 590 draws $1,983 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,683 without

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    County Cost Group 590
    O-3E · with dependents
    $1,983/ month
    $23,796 / year
    At O-3E, this is #320 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $7,023 · low Youngstown $1,788
    MHA ZZ590 · ZIPs 15711 15715 15730 15733 15744 15764 +606 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,542 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,683 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 590 — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 590 · O-3E · $1,983/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,222/mo · $38,664/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,239+$14,868/yr · like +$19,062 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-3E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,023 / month
    Westchester County$7,023
    Hattiesburg$2,001
    Sparta$2,001
    County Cost Group 600$1,998
    Huntington$1,989
    County Cost Group 590$1,983
    Vance AFB$1,977
    Altus AFB$1,971
    County Cost Group 580$1,971
    Erie$1,965
    Youngstown$1,788

    County Cost Group 590 is #320 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,235 a month — $62,820 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at County Cost Group 5900 – $2,295 / month
    E-1$1,290
    E-2$1,290
    E-3$1,290
    E-4$1,290
    E-5$1,392
    E-6$1,692
    E-7$1,761
    E-8$1,833
    E-9$1,944
    W-1$1,710
    W-2$1,791
    W-3$1,884
    W-4$1,968
    W-5$2,073
    O-1E$1,770
    O-2E$1,869
    O-3E$1,983
    O-1$1,437
    O-2$1,689
    O-3$1,881
    O-4$2,103
    O-5$2,268
    O-6$2,283
    O-7$2,295

    Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 18% 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. $1,983 a month of BAH takes more than $1,983 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.