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

    O-1E without dependents at County Cost Group 800 draws $1,959 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 800
    O-1E · without dependents
    $1,959/ month
    $23,508 / year
    At O-1E, this is #188 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,124 · low Youngstown $1,188
    MHA ZZ800 · ZIPs 04010 04016 04022 04037 04041 04051 +579 more
    Your grade is calledARMY2LTUSMC2ndLtNAVYENSUSAF2d Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,512 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,379 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 800 — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,827$1,446
    E-2$1,827$1,446
    E-3$1,827$1,446
    E-4$1,827$1,446
    E-5$1,962$1,599
    E-6$2,283$1,710
    E-7$2,364$1,830
    E-8$2,454$2,031
    E-9$2,589$2,121
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,301$1,791
    W-2$2,400$2,028
    W-3$2,511$2,133
    W-4$2,619$2,295
    W-5$2,751$2,382
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,379$1,959
    O-2E$2,493$2,100
    O-3E$2,640$2,274
    Officer
    O-1$2,007$1,689
    O-2$2,280$1,920
    O-3$2,508$2,163
    O-4$2,793$2,361
    O-5$2,997$2,409
    O-6$3,021$2,490
    O-7$3,039$2,532
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 800 · O-1E · $1,959/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,475/mo · $29,700/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$516+$6,192/yr · like +$7,938 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-1E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,124 / month
    San Francisco$5,124
    El Centro$1,983
    Kansas City$1,983
    Rapid City$1,983
    Helena$1,977
    County Cost Group 800$1,959
    Battle Creek$1,956
    Fort Wayne$1,944
    Boise$1,923
    Greenville$1,920
    Youngstown$1,188

    County Cost Group 800 is #188 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,936 a month — $47,232 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at County Cost Group 8000 – $2,532 / month
    E-1$1,446
    E-2$1,446
    E-3$1,446
    E-4$1,446
    E-5$1,599
    E-6$1,710
    E-7$1,830
    E-8$2,031
    E-9$2,121
    W-1$1,791
    W-2$2,028
    W-3$2,133
    W-4$2,295
    W-5$2,382
    O-1E$1,959
    O-2E$2,100
    O-3E$2,274
    O-1$1,689
    O-2$1,920
    O-3$2,163
    O-4$2,361
    O-5$2,409
    O-6$2,490
    O-7$2,532

    Promoting to O-2E here adds $141 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 800 to San Francisco at O-1E is worth $3,165 a month — about 22 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $141 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 21% 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. $1,959 a month of BAH takes more than $1,959 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.