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County Cost Group 870 BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA ZZ870

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O-7 · With dependents
$3,945per month

$47,340 per year · federal tax-free allowance

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

National position #73 of 338O-7 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$5,058/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$255/mo · +6.9%2025 $3,690 → 2026 $3,945
O-7 rate selectedMHA ZZ870 ZIPs 03215 03217 03222 03223 03238 03240 +232
PCS compare County Cost Group 870 · O-7 · with dep. · $3,945/mo
County Cost Group 870 $3,945/mo · $47,340/yr
CURRENT

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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$3,690
2026$3,945

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 870 — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

O-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $8,208 / month
Westchester County $8,208
Ketchikan $4,065
Riverside $4,065
Madison $4,056
Hampden County $4,038
Cape May $4,032
Everett $3,999
Willow Grove $3,999
Vallejo $3,987
New London $3,966
Brunswick $3,957
County Cost Group 870 $3,945
Edwards AFB $3,900
Kodiak Island $3,891
Milwaukee $3,888
Fort Detrick $3,864
San Bernardino $3,855
Ballston Spa $3,834
Corvallis $3,828
Sitka $3,825
Philadelphia $3,816
Asheville $3,780
Youngstown $1,845

County Cost Group 870 is #73 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $6,363 a month — $76,356 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at County Cost Group 8700 – $3,945 / month
E-1 $2,478
E-2 $2,478
E-3 $2,478
E-4 $2,478
E-5 $2,652
E-6 $2,997
E-7 $3,096
E-8 $3,204
E-9 $3,372
W-1 $3,018
W-2 $3,141
W-3 $3,273
W-4 $3,408
W-5 $3,573
O-1E $3,114
O-2E $3,252
O-3E $3,432
O-1 $2,700
O-2 $2,994
O-3 $3,270
O-4 $3,627
O-5 $3,882
O-6 $3,915
O-7 $3,945

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
SHA-256
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