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
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    Dependents

    E-6 without dependents at County Cost Group 710 draws $1,362 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 710
    E-6 · without dependents
    $1,362/ month
    $16,344 / year
    At E-6, this is #293 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,070 · low Youngstown $1,077
    MHA ZZ710 · ZIPs 14009 14011 14024 14037 14039 14066 +632 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSSGUSMCSSgtNAVYPO1USAFTSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,746 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,818 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 710 — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 710 · E-6 · $1,362/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,076/mo · $24,912/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$714+$8,568/yr · like +$10,985 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-6 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,070 / month
    New York City$5,070
    Fort Polk$1,374
    Goodfellow AFB$1,374
    Springfield$1,365
    Terre Haute$1,365
    County Cost Group 710$1,362
    Frankfort$1,362
    Lubbock$1,356
    County Cost Group 700$1,347
    County Cost Group 690$1,338
    Youngstown$1,077

    County Cost Group 710 is #293 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,993 a month — $47,916 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at County Cost Group 7100 – $2,028 / month
    E-1$1,128
    E-2$1,128
    E-3$1,128
    E-4$1,128
    E-5$1,227
    E-6$1,362
    E-7$1,419
    E-8$1,581
    E-9$1,665
    W-1$1,380
    W-2$1,578
    W-3$1,677
    W-4$1,830
    W-5$1,905
    O-1E$1,512
    O-2E$1,644
    O-3E$1,809
    O-1$1,293
    O-2$1,482
    O-3$1,704
    O-4$1,887
    O-5$1,926
    O-6$1,998
    O-7$2,028

    Promoting to E-7 here adds $57 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 710 to New York City at E-6 is worth $3,708 a month — about 65 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $57 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. $1,362 a month of BAH takes more than $1,362 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.