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.

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    Dependents

    E-3 with dependents at County Cost Group 770 draws $1,632 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 770
    E-3 · with dependents
    $1,632/ month
    $19,584 / year
    At E-3, this is #233 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA ZZ770 · ZIPs 05042 05046 05050 05069 05819 05820 +895 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,092 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,296 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 770 — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 770 · E-3 · $1,632/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$636+$7,632/yr · like +$9,785 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    Corpus Christi$1,644
    Lincoln$1,641
    Coos Bay$1,635
    Fort Benning$1,635
    County Cost Group 770$1,632
    Marquette$1,626
    Auburn$1,617
    Waco$1,617
    Lansing$1,611
    Youngstown$1,134

    County Cost Group 770 is #233 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month — $47,196 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at County Cost Group 7700 – $2,769 / month
    E-1$1,632
    E-2$1,632
    E-3$1,632
    E-4$1,632
    E-5$1,752
    E-6$2,067
    E-7$2,142
    E-8$2,226
    E-9$2,352
    W-1$2,085
    W-2$2,178
    W-3$2,283
    W-4$2,379
    W-5$2,502
    O-1E$2,157
    O-2E$2,265
    O-3E$2,400
    O-1$1,797
    O-2$2,064
    O-3$2,280
    O-4$2,541
    O-5$2,730
    O-6$2,751
    O-7$2,769

    Promoting to E-4 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    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. $1,632 a month of BAH takes more than $1,632 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.