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-2E without dependents at County Cost Group 810 draws $2,202 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 810
    O-2E · without dependents
    $2,202/ month
    $26,424 / year
    At O-2E, this is #165 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,268 · low Youngstown $1,305
    MHA ZZ810 · ZIPs 13143 13146 13154 14098 14103 14411 +360 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,823 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,607 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 810 — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,923$1,518
    E-2$1,923$1,518
    E-3$1,923$1,518
    E-4$1,923$1,518
    E-5$2,064$1,683
    E-6$2,388$1,794
    E-7$2,472$1,926
    E-8$2,565$2,133
    E-9$2,706$2,223
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,406$1,887
    W-2$2,511$2,130
    W-3$2,625$2,238
    W-4$2,736$2,403
    W-5$2,874$2,493
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,487$2,061
    O-2E$2,607$2,202
    O-3E$2,757$2,379
    Officer
    O-1$2,109$1,779
    O-2$2,385$2,022
    O-3$2,622$2,268
    O-4$2,916$2,472
    O-5$3,129$2,520
    O-6$3,153$2,604
    O-7$3,174$2,646
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 810 · O-2E · $2,202/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,592/mo · $31,104/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$390+$4,680/yr · like +$6,000 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,268 / month
    San Francisco$5,268
    Memphis$2,220
    Myrtle Beach$2,211
    Omaha$2,211
    Carlisle Barracks$2,205
    County Cost Group 810$2,202
    Eastern Shore$2,202
    Jacksonville$2,202
    Lemoore NAS$2,196
    Syracuse$2,193
    Youngstown$1,305

    County Cost Group 810 is #165 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,963 a month — $47,556 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at County Cost Group 8100 – $2,646 / month
    E-1$1,518
    E-2$1,518
    E-3$1,518
    E-4$1,518
    E-5$1,683
    E-6$1,794
    E-7$1,926
    E-8$2,133
    E-9$2,223
    W-1$1,887
    W-2$2,130
    W-3$2,238
    W-4$2,403
    W-5$2,493
    O-1E$2,061
    O-2E$2,202
    O-3E$2,379
    O-1$1,779
    O-2$2,022
    O-3$2,268
    O-4$2,472
    O-5$2,520
    O-6$2,604
    O-7$2,646

    Promoting to O-3E here adds $177 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 O-2E is worth $3,066 a month — about 17 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $177 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 18% 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. $2,202 a month of BAH takes more than $2,202 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.