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

    O-1E with dependents at County Cost Group 700 draws $1,881 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 700
    O-1E · with dependents
    $1,881/ month
    $22,572 / year
    At O-1E, this is #292 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $5,931 · low Youngstown $1,521
    MHA ZZ700 · ZIPs 12025 12032 12078 12095 12117 12134 +752 more
    Your grade is calledARMY2LTUSMC2ndLtNAVYENSUSAF2d Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,412 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,494 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 700 — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,389$1,116
    E-2$1,389$1,116
    E-3$1,389$1,116
    E-4$1,389$1,116
    E-5$1,497$1,212
    E-6$1,800$1,347
    E-7$1,872$1,404
    E-8$1,947$1,563
    E-9$2,064$1,647
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,818$1,365
    W-2$1,902$1,560
    W-3$2,001$1,659
    W-4$2,085$1,812
    W-5$2,199$1,887
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,881$1,494
    O-2E$1,983$1,626
    O-3E$2,103$1,791
    Officer
    O-1$1,542$1,278
    O-2$1,797$1,464
    O-3$1,998$1,686
    O-4$2,229$1,866
    O-5$2,400$1,908
    O-6$2,418$1,977
    O-7$2,433$2,007
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 700 · O-1E · $1,881/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,883/mo · $34,596/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,002+$12,024/yr · like +$15,415 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-1E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,931 / month
    Westchester County$5,931
    Terre Haute$1,899
    Holloman AFB$1,893
    Laughlin AFB$1,884
    Lubbock$1,884
    County Cost Group 700$1,881
    Sparta$1,878
    Fort Polk$1,875
    County Cost Group 690$1,866
    County Cost Group 680$1,854
    Youngstown$1,521

    County Cost Group 700 is #292 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,410 a month — $52,920 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at County Cost Group 7000 – $2,433 / month
    E-1$1,389
    E-2$1,389
    E-3$1,389
    E-4$1,389
    E-5$1,497
    E-6$1,800
    E-7$1,872
    E-8$1,947
    E-9$2,064
    W-1$1,818
    W-2$1,902
    W-3$2,001
    W-4$2,085
    W-5$2,199
    O-1E$1,881
    O-2E$1,983
    O-3E$2,103
    O-1$1,542
    O-2$1,797
    O-3$1,998
    O-4$2,229
    O-5$2,400
    O-6$2,418
    O-7$2,433

    Promoting to O-2E here adds $102 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 700 to Westchester County at O-1E is worth $4,050 a month — about 40 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $102 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 26% 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. $1,881 a month of BAH takes more than $1,881 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.