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County Cost Group 850 BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA ZZ850

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E-2 · With dependents
$2,247per month

$26,964 per year · federal tax-free allowance

Official DoD / DTMO rate · CONUS BAH, not an estimate

National position #105 of 338E-2 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$2,881/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$171/mo · +8.2%2025 $2,076 → 2026 $2,247
E-2 rate selectedMHA ZZ850 ZIPs 08302 08311 08313 08314 08315 08316 +288
PCS compare County Cost Group 850 · E-2 · with dep. · $2,247/mo
County Cost Group 850 $2,247/mo · $26,964/yr
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Comparison uses with-dependents rates. Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

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Rate history

How updates work
2025$2,076
2026$2,247

Verified official history. With-dependents rate shown; use the dependency switch above for its exact comparison.

COUNTY COST GROUP

This is not one installation. DTMO groups counties without a dedicated base into a "County Cost Group". The rate applies to any member whose duty location falls in one of the ZIP codes listed above.

County Cost Group 850 — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

E-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
New York City $5,067
Oxford $2,271
Aberdeen Proving Grounds $2,268
Hampden County $2,268
Patuxent River $2,268
St. Louis $2,268
Bremerton $2,265
Allentown $2,259
Atlanta $2,259
Charlottesville $2,259
Minneapolis $2,250
County Cost Group 850 $2,247
Savannah $2,235
Norfolk $2,229
Birmingham $2,223
Charleston $2,220
Dallas $2,220
Ocala $2,205
Great Lakes Navtracen $2,202
Portland $2,193
Fort Stewart $2,175
Fresno $2,175
Youngstown $1,134

County Cost Group 850 is #105 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month — $47,196 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at County Cost Group 8500 – $3,624 / month
E-1 $2,247
E-2 $2,247
E-3 $2,247
E-4 $2,247
E-5 $2,409
E-6 $2,745
E-7 $2,838
E-8 $2,940
E-9 $3,096
W-1 $2,763
W-2 $2,880
W-3 $3,006
W-4 $3,129
W-5 $3,282
O-1E $2,853
O-2E $2,985
O-3E $3,153
O-1 $2,454
O-2 $2,742
O-3 $3,003
O-4 $3,330
O-5 $3,570
O-6 $3,600
O-7 $3,624

The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

What the rate table does not 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.

Source: DoD Defense Travel Management Office, effective 01 JAN 2026. How these rates are sourced and checked.

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Where these numbers come from

Official fields remain unchanged. Years are aligned by DTMO's MHA code; no missing value is interpolated.

2026 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2026-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-05
Last verified
2026-09-07
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2025 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2025-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Last verified
2026-09-07
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