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 780 draws $1,341 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 780
    E-2 · without dependents
    $1,341/ month
    $16,092 / year
    At E-2, this is #217 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879
    MHA ZZ780 · ZIPs 03570 03575 03576 03579 03581 03582 +854 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,719 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,689 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 780 — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,689$1,341
    E-2$1,689$1,341
    E-3$1,689$1,341
    E-4$1,689$1,341
    E-5$1,815$1,476
    E-6$2,130$1,596
    E-7$2,208$1,692
    E-8$2,292$1,884
    E-9$2,424$1,971
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,148$1,656
    W-2$2,244$1,881
    W-3$2,349$1,983
    W-4$2,451$2,142
    W-5$2,577$2,226
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,220$1,812
    O-2E$2,331$1,950
    O-3E$2,469$2,121
    Officer
    O-1$1,860$1,560
    O-2$2,127$1,776
    O-3$2,346$2,013
    O-4$2,613$2,205
    O-5$2,808$2,250
    O-6$2,829$2,328
    O-7$2,847$2,367
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 780 · E-2 · $1,341/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,875/mo · $22,500/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$534+$6,408/yr · like +$8,215 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-2 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
    New York City$4,833
    Fort Knox$1,350
    China Lake$1,344
    Cleveland$1,344
    Coos Bay$1,341
    County Cost Group 780$1,341
    Fort Bragg$1,341
    Little Rock$1,341
    Robins AFB$1,341
    Fort Wayne$1,338
    Fort Chaffee$879

    County Cost Group 780 is #217 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 7800 – $2,367 / month
    E-1$1,341
    E-2$1,341
    E-3$1,341
    E-4$1,341
    E-5$1,476
    E-6$1,596
    E-7$1,692
    E-8$1,884
    E-9$1,971
    W-1$1,656
    W-2$1,881
    W-3$1,983
    W-4$2,142
    W-5$2,226
    O-1E$1,812
    O-2E$1,950
    O-3E$2,121
    O-1$1,560
    O-2$1,776
    O-3$2,013
    O-4$2,205
    O-5$2,250
    O-6$2,328
    O-7$2,367

    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 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. $1,341 a month of BAH takes more than $1,341 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.