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-3 without dependents at County Cost Group 600 draws $1,050 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 600
    E-3 · without dependents
    $1,050/ month
    $12,600 / year
    At E-3, this is #315 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879
    MHA ZZ600 · ZIPs 15832 15834 15861 16301 16317 16319 +602 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,346 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,302 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 600 — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,302$1,050
    E-2$1,302$1,050
    E-3$1,302$1,050
    E-4$1,302$1,050
    E-5$1,404$1,137
    E-6$1,704$1,275
    E-7$1,773$1,329
    E-8$1,845$1,470
    E-9$1,956$1,551
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,722$1,293
    W-2$1,803$1,467
    W-3$1,896$1,563
    W-4$1,980$1,713
    W-5$2,088$1,788
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,782$1,401
    O-2E$1,881$1,533
    O-3E$1,998$1,695
    Officer
    O-1$1,446$1,194
    O-2$1,701$1,374
    O-3$1,893$1,593
    O-4$2,118$1,767
    O-5$2,280$1,806
    O-6$2,298$1,875
    O-7$2,310$1,902
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 600 · E-3 · $1,050/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,875/mo · $22,500/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$825+$9,900/yr · like +$12,692 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
    New York City$4,833
    Charleston$1,056
    County Cost Group 610$1,053
    Huntington$1,053
    Cannon AFB$1,050
    County Cost Group 600$1,050
    Fort Riley$1,050
    Wichita Fls$1,044
    County Cost Group 590$1,041
    Sault Ste Marie$1,041
    Fort Chaffee$879

    County Cost Group 600 is #315 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month — $47,448 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at County Cost Group 6000 – $1,902 / month
    E-1$1,050
    E-2$1,050
    E-3$1,050
    E-4$1,050
    E-5$1,137
    E-6$1,275
    E-7$1,329
    E-8$1,470
    E-9$1,551
    W-1$1,293
    W-2$1,467
    W-3$1,563
    W-4$1,713
    W-5$1,788
    O-1E$1,401
    O-2E$1,533
    O-3E$1,695
    O-1$1,194
    O-2$1,374
    O-3$1,593
    O-4$1,767
    O-5$1,806
    O-6$1,875
    O-7$1,902

    Promoting to E-4 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 24% 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. $1,050 a month of BAH takes more than $1,050 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.