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County Cost Group 600 BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA ZZ600

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E-2 · With dependents
$1,302per month

$15,624 per year · federal tax-free allowance

Official DoD / DTMO rate · CONUS BAH, not an estimate

National position #310 of 338E-2 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$1,669/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change−$3/mo · −0.2%2025 $1,305 → 2026 $1,302
E-2 rate selectedMHA ZZ600 ZIPs 15832 15834 15861 16301 16317 16319 +602
PCS compare County Cost Group 600 · E-2 · with dep. · $1,302/mo
County Cost Group 600 $1,302/mo · $15,624/yr
CURRENT

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Comparison uses with-dependents rates. Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

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Rate history

How updates work
2025$1,305
2026$1,302

Verified official history. With-dependents rate shown; use the dependency switch above for its exact comparison.

COUNTY COST GROUP

This is not one installation. DTMO groups counties without a dedicated base into a "County Cost Group". The rate applies to any member whose duty location falls in one of the ZIP codes listed above.

County Cost Group 600 — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

E-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City $5,067
County Cost Group 640 $1,329
Saginaw $1,329
Albany $1,326
County Cost Group 630 $1,320
Wichita $1,320
Hattiesburg $1,317
County Cost Group 620 $1,314
Charleston $1,308
County Cost Group 610 $1,308
Columbus AFB $1,302
County Cost Group 600 $1,302
Paducah $1,293
Springfield $1,293
County Cost Group 590 $1,290
Frankfort $1,287
Lake Charles $1,287
Stevens Point $1,287
Columbia $1,284
County Cost Group 580 $1,278
Fort Riley $1,272
County Cost Group 570 $1,269
Youngstown $1,134

County Cost Group 600 is #310 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month — $47,196 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at County Cost Group 6000 – $2,310 / month
E-1 $1,302
E-2 $1,302
E-3 $1,302
E-4 $1,302
E-5 $1,404
E-6 $1,704
E-7 $1,773
E-8 $1,845
E-9 $1,956
W-1 $1,722
W-2 $1,803
W-3 $1,896
W-4 $1,980
W-5 $2,088
O-1E $1,782
O-2E $1,881
O-3E $1,998
O-1 $1,446
O-2 $1,701
O-3 $1,893
O-4 $2,118
O-5 $2,280
O-6 $2,298
O-7 $2,310

The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

What the rate table does not 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.

Source: DoD Defense Travel Management Office, effective 01 JAN 2026. How these rates are sourced and checked.

Source record

Where these numbers come from

Official fields remain unchanged. Years are aligned by DTMO's MHA code; no missing value is interpolated.

2026 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2026-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-05
Last verified
2026-09-07
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2025 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2025-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Last verified
2026-09-07
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