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

    E-1 without dependents at County Cost Group 620 draws $1,059 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 620
    E-1 · without dependents
    $1,059/ month
    $12,708 / year
    At E-1, this is #310 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879
    MHA ZZ620 · ZIPs 14048 14062 14063 14081 14135 14136 +458 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,358 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,314 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 620 — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 620 · E-1 · $1,059/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,875/mo · $22,500/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$816+$9,792/yr · like +$12,554 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
    New York City$4,833
    County Cost Group 650$1,074
    County Cost Group 640$1,071
    Anniston$1,065
    County Cost Group 630$1,065
    County Cost Group 620$1,059
    Charleston$1,056
    County Cost Group 610$1,053
    Huntington$1,053
    Cannon AFB$1,050
    Fort Chaffee$879

    County Cost Group 620 is #310 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 6200 – $1,920 / month
    E-1$1,059
    E-2$1,059
    E-3$1,059
    E-4$1,059
    E-5$1,149
    E-6$1,287
    E-7$1,341
    E-8$1,485
    E-9$1,566
    W-1$1,302
    W-2$1,482
    W-3$1,578
    W-4$1,728
    W-5$1,803
    O-1E$1,416
    O-2E$1,548
    O-3E$1,710
    O-1$1,206
    O-2$1,389
    O-3$1,605
    O-4$1,782
    O-5$1,821
    O-6$1,890
    O-7$1,920

    Promoting to E-2 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. $1,059 a month of BAH takes more than $1,059 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.