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
    Dependents
    With $2,388Without $1,794

    E-6 at County Cost Group 810 draws $2,388 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,794 without

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    County Cost Group 810
    E-6 · with dependents
    $2,388/ month
    $28,656 / year
    At E-6, this is #165 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,454 · low Youngstown $1,335
    MHA ZZ810 · ZIPs 13143 13146 13154 14098 14103 14411 +360 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,062 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,794 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 810 — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 810 · E-6 · $2,388/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,742/mo · $32,904/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$354+$4,248/yr · like +$5,446 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-6 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,454 / month
    San Francisco$5,454
    Salem$2,397
    College Station$2,391
    Durham$2,391
    Ocala$2,391
    County Cost Group 810$2,388
    Syracuse$2,385
    Yakima$2,382
    Carlisle Barracks$2,376
    Omaha$2,376
    Youngstown$1,335

    County Cost Group 810 is #165 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,119 a month — $49,428 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at County Cost Group 8100 – $3,174 / month
    E-1$1,923
    E-2$1,923
    E-3$1,923
    E-4$1,923
    E-5$2,064
    E-6$2,388
    E-7$2,472
    E-8$2,565
    E-9$2,706
    W-1$2,406
    W-2$2,511
    W-3$2,625
    W-4$2,736
    W-5$2,874
    O-1E$2,487
    O-2E$2,607
    O-3E$2,757
    O-1$2,109
    O-2$2,385
    O-3$2,622
    O-4$2,916
    O-5$3,129
    O-6$3,153
    O-7$3,174

    Promoting to E-7 here adds $84 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 810 to San Francisco at E-6 is worth $3,066 a month — about 37 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $84 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $2,388 a month of BAH takes more than $2,388 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.