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

    E-1 without dependents at County Cost Group 870 draws $1,938 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 870
    E-1 · without dependents
    $1,938/ month
    $23,256 / year
    At E-1, this is #76 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879
    MHA ZZ870 · ZIPs 03215 03217 03222 03223 03238 03240 +232 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,485 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,478 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 870 — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,478$1,938
    E-2$2,478$1,938
    E-3$2,478$1,938
    E-4$2,478$1,938
    E-5$2,652$2,172
    E-6$2,997$2,319
    E-7$3,096$2,484
    E-8$3,204$2,727
    E-9$3,372$2,823
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,018$2,430
    W-2$3,141$2,724
    W-3$3,273$2,838
    W-4$3,408$3,015
    W-5$3,573$3,120
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,114$2,649
    O-2E$3,252$2,802
    O-3E$3,432$2,991
    Officer
    O-1$2,700$2,301
    O-2$2,994$2,598
    O-3$3,270$2,871
    O-4$3,627$3,096
    O-5$3,882$3,153
    O-6$3,915$3,252
    O-7$3,945$3,309
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 870 · E-1 · $1,938/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,875/mo · $22,500/yr
    ▼ CUT−$63−$756/yr · like −$969 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
    New York City$4,833
    Santa Fe$1,977
    Ballston Spa$1,974
    Bremerton$1,974
    Cape May$1,968
    County Cost Group 870$1,938
    Denver$1,938
    Juneau$1,935
    Tampa$1,932
    Stockton$1,926
    Fort Chaffee$879

    County Cost Group 870 is #76 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month — $47,448 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at County Cost Group 8700 – $3,309 / month
    E-1$1,938
    E-2$1,938
    E-3$1,938
    E-4$1,938
    E-5$2,172
    E-6$2,319
    E-7$2,484
    E-8$2,727
    E-9$2,823
    W-1$2,430
    W-2$2,724
    W-3$2,838
    W-4$3,015
    W-5$3,120
    O-1E$2,649
    O-2E$2,802
    O-3E$2,991
    O-1$2,301
    O-2$2,598
    O-3$2,871
    O-4$3,096
    O-5$3,153
    O-6$3,252
    O-7$3,309

    Promoting to E-2 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 28% 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. $1,938 a month of BAH takes more than $1,938 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.