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County Cost Group 880 BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA ZZ880

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E-9 · With dependents
$3,594per month

$43,128 per year · federal tax-free allowance

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

National position #59 of 338E-9 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$4,608/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$291/mo · +8.8%2025 $3,303 → 2026 $3,594
E-9 rate selectedMHA ZZ880 ZIPs 05440 05441 05447 05448 05450 05454 +124
PCS compare County Cost Group 880 · E-9 · with dep. · $3,594/mo
County Cost Group 880 $3,594/mo · $43,128/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$3,303
2026$3,594

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 880 — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

E-9 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,882 / month
Westchester County $6,882
Boulder $3,795
Chicago $3,771
Indian Head Navordsta $3,768
Santa Fe $3,762
Riverside $3,753
Atlantic City $3,735
Juneau $3,672
JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst $3,642
Everett $3,630
Vallejo $3,597
County Cost Group 880 $3,594
Austin $3,558
Annapolis $3,546
Madison $3,525
Hampden County $3,522
Sitka $3,513
Fort G. G. Meade $3,507
Willow Grove $3,495
JB Elmendorf-Richardson $3,486
Ann Arbor $3,483
San Bernardino $3,465
Anniston $1,755

County Cost Group 880 is #59 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,127 a month — $61,524 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at County Cost Group 8800 – $4,203 / month
E-1 $2,664
E-2 $2,664
E-3 $2,664
E-4 $2,664
E-5 $2,850
E-6 $3,204
E-7 $3,306
E-8 $3,420
E-9 $3,594
W-1 $3,222
W-2 $3,354
W-3 $3,492
W-4 $3,633
W-5 $3,807
O-1E $3,324
O-2E $3,471
O-3E $3,660
O-1 $2,898
O-2 $3,201
O-3 $3,489
O-4 $3,864
O-5 $4,137
O-6 $4,170
O-7 $4,203

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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