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

    O-2E without dependents at County Cost Group 710 draws $1,644 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 710
    O-2E · without dependents
    $1,644/ month
    $19,728 / year
    At O-2E, this is #286 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,268 · low Youngstown $1,305
    MHA ZZ710 · ZIPs 14009 14011 14024 14037 14039 14066 +632 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,108 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,004 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 710 — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 710 · O-2E · $1,644/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,592/mo · $31,104/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$948+$11,376/yr · like +$14,585 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,268 / month
    San Francisco$5,268
    Columbus AFB$1,659
    Brownsville$1,656
    Springfield$1,656
    China Lake$1,650
    County Cost Group 710$1,644
    Huntington$1,638
    St Mary And Terrebonne$1,638
    Terre Haute$1,635
    County Cost Group 700$1,626
    Youngstown$1,305

    County Cost Group 710 is #286 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,963 a month — $47,556 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 O-3E here adds $165 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 San Francisco at O-2E is worth $3,624 a month — about 22 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $165 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 22% 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. $1,644 a month of BAH takes more than $1,644 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.