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-1 without dependents at Dahlgren draws $2,301 per month in 2026

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    Dahlgren/Fort A.P. Hill
    O-1 · without dependents
    $2,301/ month
    $27,612 / year
    At O-1, this is #71 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,074
    MHA VA368 · ZIPs 22401 22402 22404 22407 22408 22427 +20 more
    Your grade is calledARMY2LTUSMC2ndLtNAVYENSUSAF2d Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,950 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,367 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Dahlgren — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,307$2,013
    E-2$2,307$2,013
    E-3$2,307$2,013
    E-4$2,307$2,013
    E-5$2,313$2,196
    E-6$2,715$2,304
    E-7$2,763$2,325
    E-8$2,811$2,397
    E-9$2,955$2,514
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,733$2,322
    W-2$2,781$2,394
    W-3$2,847$2,529
    W-4$2,997$2,721
    W-5$3,183$2,772
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,766$2,331
    O-2E$2,835$2,487
    O-3E$3,027$2,706
    Officer
    O-1$2,367$2,301
    O-2$2,712$2,328
    O-3$2,844$2,568
    O-4$3,243$2,757
    O-5$3,534$2,781
    O-6$3,564$2,823
    O-7$3,588$2,871
    PCS compareDahlgren · O-1 · $2,301/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,055/mo · $24,660/yr
    ▼ CUT−$246−$2,952/yr · like −$3,785 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    Tampa$2,328
    Outer Banks$2,313
    Santa Fe$2,310
    County Cost Group 870$2,301
    Dahlgren$2,301
    Fort Pierce$2,301
    Sacramento$2,292
    Cape May$2,289
    Edwards AFB$2,289
    Youngstown$1,074

    Dahlgren is #71 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,993 a month — $47,916 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Dahlgren0 – $2,871 / month
    E-1$2,013
    E-2$2,013
    E-3$2,013
    E-4$2,013
    E-5$2,196
    E-6$2,304
    E-7$2,325
    E-8$2,397
    E-9$2,514
    W-1$2,322
    W-2$2,394
    W-3$2,529
    W-4$2,721
    W-5$2,772
    O-1E$2,331
    O-2E$2,487
    O-3E$2,706
    O-1$2,301
    O-2$2,328
    O-3$2,568
    O-4$2,757
    O-5$2,781
    O-6$2,823
    O-7$2,871

    Promoting to O-2 here adds $27 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 Dahlgren to New York City at O-1 is worth $2,766 a month — about 102 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $27 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 3% 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. $2,301 a month of BAH takes more than $2,301 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.