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
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    Dependents

    W-4 with dependents at County Cost Group 840 draws $3,030 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 840
    W-4 · with dependents
    $3,030/ month
    $36,360 / year
    At W-4, this is #112 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,963 · low Stevens Point $1,779
    MHA ZZ840 · ZIPs 23002 23005 23009 23011 23014 23015 +189 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW4USMCCWO4NAVYCWO4
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,885 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,670 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 840 — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 840 · W-4 · $3,030/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,198/mo · $38,376/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$168+$2,016/yr · like +$2,585 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,963 / month
    Westchester County$6,963
    Fresno$3,042
    Knoxville$3,036
    Asheville$3,033
    Orlando$3,033
    County Cost Group 840$3,030
    Minneapolis$3,015
    Dahlgren$2,997
    Allentown$2,991
    Beaufort$2,982
    Stevens Point$1,779

    County Cost Group 840 is #112 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,184 a month — $62,208 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at County Cost Group 8400 – $3,510 / month
    E-1$2,166
    E-2$2,166
    E-3$2,166
    E-4$2,166
    E-5$2,322
    E-6$2,655
    E-7$2,745
    E-8$2,844
    E-9$2,997
    W-1$2,673
    W-2$2,787
    W-3$2,910
    W-4$3,030
    W-5$3,180
    O-1E$2,760
    O-2E$2,889
    O-3E$3,051
    O-1$2,367
    O-2$2,652
    O-3$2,907
    O-4$3,225
    O-5$3,459
    O-6$3,486
    O-7$3,510

    Promoting to W-5 here adds $150 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 840 to Westchester County at W-4 is worth $3,933 a month — about 26 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $150 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 13% 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. $3,030 a month of BAH takes more than $3,030 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.