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
    With $2,310Without $2,082

    O-2 at Eastern Shore draws $2,310 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,082 without

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    Eastern Shore, MD
    O-2 · with dependents
    $2,310/ month
    $27,720 / year
    At O-2, this is #181 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,451 · low Youngstown $1,332
    MHA MD432 · ZIPs 21801 21802 21803 21804 21810 21811 +91 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,962 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,082 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Eastern Shore — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,989$1,602
    E-2$1,989$1,602
    E-3$1,989$1,602
    E-4$1,989$1,602
    E-5$2,121$1,761
    E-6$2,313$1,866
    E-7$2,346$1,992
    E-8$2,382$2,166
    E-9$2,472$2,214
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,331$1,956
    W-2$2,358$2,163
    W-3$2,409$2,223
    W-4$2,496$2,313
    W-5$2,610$2,352
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,349$2,118
    O-2E$2,397$2,202
    O-3E$2,514$2,304
    Officer
    O-1$2,151$1,854
    O-2$2,310$2,082
    O-3$2,406$2,238
    O-4$2,643$2,337
    O-5$2,820$2,355
    O-6$2,841$2,385
    O-7$2,859$2,424
    PCS compareEastern Shore · O-2 · $2,310/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,739/mo · $32,868/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$429+$5,148/yr · like +$6,600 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,451 / month
    San Francisco$5,451
    Albuquerque$2,325
    Humboldt County$2,316
    Memphis$2,316
    Raleigh$2,316
    Eastern Shore$2,310
    County Cost Group 800$2,280
    Boise$2,274
    Lemoore NAS$2,274
    Louisville$2,271
    Youngstown$1,332

    Eastern Shore is #181 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,119 a month — $49,428 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Eastern Shore0 – $2,859 / month
    E-1$1,989
    E-2$1,989
    E-3$1,989
    E-4$1,989
    E-5$2,121
    E-6$2,313
    E-7$2,346
    E-8$2,382
    E-9$2,472
    W-1$2,331
    W-2$2,358
    W-3$2,409
    W-4$2,496
    W-5$2,610
    O-1E$2,349
    O-2E$2,397
    O-3E$2,514
    O-1$2,151
    O-2$2,310
    O-3$2,406
    O-4$2,643
    O-5$2,820
    O-6$2,841
    O-7$2,859

    Promoting to O-3 here adds $96 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 Shore to San Francisco at O-2 is worth $3,141 a month — about 33 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $96 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 11% 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. $2,310 a month of BAH takes more than $2,310 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.