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.

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    Dependents

    W-3 with dependents at County Cost Group 590 draws $1,884 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 590
    W-3 · with dependents
    $1,884/ month
    $22,608 / year
    At W-3, this is #318 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,654 · low Anniston $1,689
    MHA ZZ590 · ZIPs 15711 15715 15730 15733 15744 15764 +606 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW3USMCCWO3NAVYCWO3
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,415 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,551 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 590 — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 590 · W-3 · $1,884/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,075/mo · $36,900/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,191+$14,292/yr · like +$18,323 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,654 / month
    Westchester County$6,654
    Albany$1,911
    Holloman AFB$1,908
    County Cost Group 610$1,905
    County Cost Group 600$1,896
    County Cost Group 590$1,884
    Cannon AFB$1,878
    Erie$1,875
    County Cost Group 580$1,872
    Hattiesburg$1,869
    Anniston$1,689

    County Cost Group 590 is #318 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,965 a month — $59,580 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

    Promoting to W-4 here adds $84 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 Westchester County at W-3 is worth $4,770 a month — about 57 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $84 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. $1,884 a month of BAH takes more than $1,884 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.