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 $1,803Without $1,353

    E-7 at County Cost Group 640 draws $1,803 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,353 without

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    County Cost Group 640
    E-7 · with dependents
    $1,803/ month
    $21,636 / year
    At E-7, this is #305 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $5,832 · low Youngstown $1,491
    MHA ZZ640 · ZIPs 14029 14041 14042 14060 14065 14070 +503 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSFCUSMCGySgtNAVYCPOUSAFMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,312 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,353 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 640 — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 640 · E-7 · $1,803/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,862/mo · $34,344/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,059+$12,708/yr · like +$16,292 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,832 / month
    Westchester County$5,832
    County Cost Group 660$1,821
    Montgomery$1,818
    County Cost Group 650$1,812
    Columbia$1,803
    County Cost Group 640$1,803
    Charleston$1,800
    County Cost Group 630$1,794
    County Cost Group 620$1,788
    Fort Chaffee$1,785
    Youngstown$1,491

    County Cost Group 640 is #305 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,341 a month — $52,092 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at County Cost Group 6400 – $2,349 / month
    E-1$1,329
    E-2$1,329
    E-3$1,329
    E-4$1,329
    E-5$1,434
    E-6$1,734
    E-7$1,803
    E-8$1,878
    E-9$1,992
    W-1$1,752
    W-2$1,833
    W-3$1,929
    W-4$2,013
    W-5$2,124
    O-1E$1,815
    O-2E$1,914
    O-3E$2,031
    O-1$1,476
    O-2$1,731
    O-3$1,926
    O-4$2,154
    O-5$2,319
    O-6$2,337
    O-7$2,349

    Promoting to E-8 here adds $75 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 640 to Westchester County at E-7 is worth $4,029 a month — about 54 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $75 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $1,803 a month of BAH takes more than $1,803 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.