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-3 without dependents at County Cost Group 890 draws $2,295 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 890
    E-3 · without dependents
    $2,295/ month
    $27,540 / year
    At E-3, this is #43 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879
    MHA ZZ890 · ZIPs 20130 20135 22611 22620 22646 22663 +75 more
    Your grade is calledARMYPFCUSMCLCplNAVYSNUSAFA1C
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,942 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,955 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 890 — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,955$2,295
    E-2$2,955$2,295
    E-3$2,955$2,295
    E-4$2,955$2,295
    E-5$3,156$2,589
    E-6$3,522$2,772
    E-7$3,633$2,961
    E-8$3,753$3,234
    E-9$3,942$3,336
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,540$2,895
    W-2$3,681$3,231
    W-3$3,831$3,351
    W-4$3,984$3,543
    W-5$4,173$3,660
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,654$3,153
    O-2E$3,807$3,312
    O-3E$4,014$3,513
    Officer
    O-1$3,207$2,751
    O-2$3,519$3,093
    O-3$3,828$3,387
    O-4$4,236$3,633
    O-5$4,530$3,699
    O-6$4,569$3,810
    O-7$4,605$3,876
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 890 · E-3 · $2,295/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,875/mo · $22,500/yr
    ▼ CUT−$420−$5,040/yr · like −$6,462 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
    New York City$4,833
    Riverside$2,364
    New Haven$2,361
    San Luis Obispo$2,358
    Portland$2,316
    County Cost Group 890$2,295
    Worcester$2,286
    Providence$2,283
    Annapolis$2,280
    Seattle$2,271
    Fort Chaffee$879

    County Cost Group 890 is #43 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 8900 – $3,876 / month
    E-1$2,295
    E-2$2,295
    E-3$2,295
    E-4$2,295
    E-5$2,589
    E-6$2,772
    E-7$2,961
    E-8$3,234
    E-9$3,336
    W-1$2,895
    W-2$3,231
    W-3$3,351
    W-4$3,543
    W-5$3,660
    O-1E$3,153
    O-2E$3,312
    O-3E$3,513
    O-1$2,751
    O-2$3,093
    O-3$3,387
    O-4$3,633
    O-5$3,699
    O-6$3,810
    O-7$3,876

    Promoting to E-4 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 29% 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. $2,295 a month of BAH takes more than $2,295 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.