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County Cost Group 860 BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA ZZ860

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O-3E · With dependents
$3,246per month

$38,952 per year · federal tax-free allowance

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

National position #85 of 338O-3E · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$4,162/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$153/mo · +4.9%2025 $3,093 → 2026 $3,246
O-3E rate selectedMHA ZZ860 ZIPs 01054 01072 01093 01301 01302 01330 +419
PCS compare County Cost Group 860 · O-3E · with dep. · $3,246/mo
County Cost Group 860 $3,246/mo · $38,952/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$3,093
2026$3,246

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 860 — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

O-3E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,023 / month
Westchester County $7,023
County Cost Group 870 $3,432
Edwards AFB $3,414
Fort Detrick $3,399
Cape May $3,390
Ballston Spa $3,381
Milwaukee $3,363
Kodiak Island $3,348
Astoria $3,339
Denver $3,306
Baltimore $3,303
County Cost Group 860 $3,246
Outer Banks $3,246
Beale AFB $3,231
Fort Myers Beach $3,228
Fort Pierce $3,228
Aberdeen Proving Grounds $3,222
JB Lewis-McChord $3,216
Portland $3,207
Philadelphia $3,189
Whidbey Island $3,189
Great Lakes Navtracen $3,183
Youngstown $1,788

County Cost Group 860 is #85 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,235 a month — $62,820 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at County Cost Group 8600 – $3,729 / month
E-1 $2,325
E-2 $2,325
E-3 $2,325
E-4 $2,325
E-5 $2,487
E-6 $2,829
E-7 $2,922
E-8 $3,027
E-9 $3,186
W-1 $2,847
W-2 $2,964
W-3 $3,093
W-4 $3,219
W-5 $3,378
O-1E $2,940
O-2E $3,072
O-3E $3,246
O-1 $2,535
O-2 $2,826
O-3 $3,090
O-4 $3,429
O-5 $3,672
O-6 $3,702
O-7 $3,729

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.

Source record

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
SHA-256
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