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
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    Dependents
    With $3,027Without $2,706

    O-3E at Dahlgren draws $3,027 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,706 without

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    Dahlgren/Fort A.P. Hill
    O-3E · with dependents
    $3,027/ month
    $36,324 / year
    At O-3E, this is #114 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $7,023 · low Youngstown $1,788
    MHA VA368 · ZIPs 22401 22402 22404 22407 22408 22427 +20 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,881 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,706 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
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    PCS compareDahlgren · O-3E · $3,027/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,222/mo · $38,664/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$195+$2,340/yr · like +$3,000 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-3E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,023 / month
    Westchester County$7,023
    Knoxville$3,060
    County Cost Group 840$3,051
    Orlando$3,045
    Minneapolis$3,033
    Dahlgren$3,027
    Allentown$3,015
    Beaufort$3,009
    Patrick SFB$2,991
    Detroit$2,982
    Youngstown$1,788

    Dahlgren is #114 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,235 a month — $62,820 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Dahlgren0 – $3,588 / month
    E-1$2,307
    E-2$2,307
    E-3$2,307
    E-4$2,307
    E-5$2,313
    E-6$2,715
    E-7$2,763
    E-8$2,811
    E-9$2,955
    W-1$2,733
    W-2$2,781
    W-3$2,847
    W-4$2,997
    W-5$3,183
    O-1E$2,766
    O-2E$2,835
    O-3E$3,027
    O-1$2,367
    O-2$2,712
    O-3$2,844
    O-4$3,243
    O-5$3,534
    O-6$3,564
    O-7$3,588

    Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 12% 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. $3,027 a month of BAH takes more than $3,027 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.