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

    O-4 without dependents at Eastern Panhandle draws $2,331 per month in 2026

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    Eastern Panhandle, WV
    O-4 · without dependents
    $2,331/ month
    $27,972 / year
    At O-4, this is #188 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $5,874 · low Youngstown $1,497
    MHA WV454 · ZIPs 25401 25402 25403 25404 25405 25410 +17 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,988 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,796 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Eastern Panhandle — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareEastern Panhandle · O-4 · $2,331/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,865/mo · $34,380/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$534+$6,408/yr · like +$8,215 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-4 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,874 / month
    Westchester County$5,874
    Provo$2,337
    Lemoore NAS$2,334
    Raleigh$2,334
    Duluth$2,331
    Eastern Panhandle$2,331
    Memphis$2,313
    Corpus Christi$2,310
    Louisville$2,310
    Boise$2,304
    Youngstown$1,497

    Eastern Panhandle is #188 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,377 a month — $52,524 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Eastern Panhandle0 – $2,499 / month
    E-1$1,587
    E-2$1,587
    E-3$1,587
    E-4$1,587
    E-5$1,677
    E-6$1,752
    E-7$1,902
    E-8$2,103
    E-9$2,151
    W-1$1,854
    W-2$2,100
    W-3$2,160
    W-4$2,265
    W-5$2,352
    O-1E$2,055
    O-2E$2,139
    O-3E$2,244
    O-1$1,737
    O-2$2,010
    O-3$2,178
    O-4$2,331
    O-5$2,376
    O-6$2,457
    O-7$2,499

    Promoting to O-5 here adds $45 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 Eastern Panhandle to Westchester County at O-4 is worth $3,543 a month — about 79 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $45 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 20% 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. $2,331 a month of BAH takes more than $2,331 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.