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
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    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-2 without dependents at Dahlonega draws $2,187 per month in 2026

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    Dahlonega, GA
    O-2 · without dependents
    $2,187/ month
    $26,244 / year
    At O-2, this is #135 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,091 · low Youngstown $1,176
    MHA GA079 · ZIPs 30501 30502 30503 30504 30506 30507 +9 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,804 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,511 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Dahlonega — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,130$1,746
    E-2$2,130$1,746
    E-3$2,130$1,746
    E-4$2,130$1,746
    E-5$2,208$1,938
    E-6$2,514$2,052
    E-7$2,535$2,130
    E-8$2,544$2,274
    E-9$2,583$2,358
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,532$2,115
    W-2$2,541$2,271
    W-3$2,553$2,370
    W-4$2,604$2,508
    W-5$2,706$2,517
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,538$2,205
    O-2E$2,547$2,337
    O-3E$2,619$2,505
    Officer
    O-1$2,250$2,049
    O-2$2,511$2,187
    O-3$2,550$2,400
    O-4$2,736$2,511
    O-5$2,892$2,520
    O-6$2,916$2,523
    O-7$2,934$2,544
    PCS compareDahlonega · O-2 · $2,187/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,412/mo · $28,944/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$225+$2,700/yr · like +$3,462 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,091 / month
    New York City$5,091
    Pittsburgh$2,214
    Cincinnati$2,202
    County Cost Group 830$2,202
    Fort Collins$2,202
    Dahlonega$2,187
    Traverse City$2,178
    Asheville$2,166
    Bridgeport$2,166
    Buffalo$2,166
    Youngstown$1,176

    Dahlonega is #135 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,915 a month — $46,980 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Dahlonega0 – $2,544 / month
    E-1$1,746
    E-2$1,746
    E-3$1,746
    E-4$1,746
    E-5$1,938
    E-6$2,052
    E-7$2,130
    E-8$2,274
    E-9$2,358
    W-1$2,115
    W-2$2,271
    W-3$2,370
    W-4$2,508
    W-5$2,517
    O-1E$2,205
    O-2E$2,337
    O-3E$2,505
    O-1$2,049
    O-2$2,187
    O-3$2,400
    O-4$2,511
    O-5$2,520
    O-6$2,523
    O-7$2,544

    Promoting to O-3 here adds $213 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 Dahlonega to New York City at O-2 is worth $2,904 a month — about 14 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $213 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 15% 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. $2,187 a month of BAH takes more than $2,187 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.