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

    E-2 without dependents at County Cost Group 730 draws $1,158 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 730
    E-2 · without dependents
    $1,158/ month
    $13,896 / year
    At E-2, this is #274 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879
    MHA ZZ730 · ZIPs 05824 05837 05840 05846 05858 05901 +734 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,485 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,446 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 730 — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,446$1,158
    E-2$1,446$1,158
    E-3$1,446$1,158
    E-4$1,446$1,158
    E-5$1,557$1,263
    E-6$1,863$1,395
    E-7$1,935$1,452
    E-8$2,013$1,623
    E-9$2,133$1,707
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,881$1,419
    W-2$1,968$1,620
    W-3$2,067$1,722
    W-4$2,157$1,875
    W-5$2,271$1,953
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,947$1,554
    O-2E$2,049$1,689
    O-3E$2,175$1,854
    Officer
    O-1$1,602$1,332
    O-2$1,860$1,524
    O-3$2,064$1,749
    O-4$2,304$1,932
    O-5$2,478$1,974
    O-6$2,496$2,043
    O-7$2,511$2,076
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 730 · E-2 · $1,158/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,875/mo · $22,500/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$717+$8,604/yr · like +$11,031 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-2 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
    New York City$4,833
    County Cost Group 740$1,179
    Sparta$1,173
    Fort Rucker$1,167
    Cheyenne$1,161
    County Cost Group 730$1,158
    White Sands MR$1,155
    Sumter$1,149
    Lubbock$1,146
    Springfield$1,146
    Fort Chaffee$879

    County Cost Group 730 is #274 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 7300 – $2,076 / month
    E-1$1,158
    E-2$1,158
    E-3$1,158
    E-4$1,158
    E-5$1,263
    E-6$1,395
    E-7$1,452
    E-8$1,623
    E-9$1,707
    W-1$1,419
    W-2$1,620
    W-3$1,722
    W-4$1,875
    W-5$1,953
    O-1E$1,554
    O-2E$1,689
    O-3E$1,854
    O-1$1,332
    O-2$1,524
    O-3$1,749
    O-4$1,932
    O-5$1,974
    O-6$2,043
    O-7$2,076

    Promoting to E-3 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 25% 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. $1,158 a month of BAH takes more than $1,158 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.