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

    O-5 without dependents at County Cost Group 890 draws $3,699 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 890
    O-5 · without dependents
    $3,699/ month
    $44,388 / year
    At O-5, this is #45 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,162 · low Youngstown $1,593
    MHA ZZ890 · ZIPs 20130 20135 22611 22620 22646 22663 +75 more
    Your grade is calledARMYLTCUSMCLtColNAVYCDRUSAFLt Col
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,742 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$4,530 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 · O-5 · $3,699/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,934/mo · $35,208/yr
    ▼ CUT−$765−$9,180/yr · like −$11,769 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,162 / month
    Westchester County$6,162
    Providence$3,792
    New Haven$3,780
    Chicago$3,711
    Vandenberg SFB$3,711
    County Cost Group 890$3,699
    Riverside$3,627
    Worcester$3,606
    Hartford$3,588
    Santa Fe$3,585
    Youngstown$1,593

    County Cost Group 890 is #45 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,569 a month — $54,828 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 O-6 here adds $111 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from County Cost Group 890 to Westchester County at O-5 is worth $2,463 a month — about 22 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $111 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 22% 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. $3,699 a month of BAH takes more than $3,699 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.