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 $3,936Without $3,435

    O-5 at Everett draws $3,936 per month with dependents in 2026, $3,435 without

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    Everett, WA
    O-5 · with dependents
    $3,936/ month
    $47,232 / year
    At O-5, this is #69 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $8,064 · low Youngstown $1,827
    MHA WA307 · ZIPs 98012 98020 98026 98036 98037 98043 +28 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$5,046 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$3,435 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
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    PCS compareEverett · O-5 · $3,936/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,630/mo · $43,560/yr
    ▼ CUT$306−$3,672/yr · like −$4,708 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $8,064 / month
    Westchester County$8,064
    Madison$3,993
    Hampden County$3,978
    Cape May$3,969
    Willow Grove$3,939
    Everett$3,936
    Vallejo$3,927
    New London$3,906
    Brunswick$3,894
    County Cost Group 870$3,882
    Youngstown$1,827

    Everett is #69 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $6,237 a month — $74,844 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Everett0 – $3,999 / month
    E-1$2,568
    E-2$2,568
    E-3$2,568
    E-4$2,568
    E-5$2,748
    E-6$3,243
    E-7$3,363
    E-8$3,489
    E-9$3,630
    W-1$3,264
    W-2$3,414
    W-3$3,570
    W-4$3,651
    W-5$3,753
    O-1E$3,384
    O-2E$3,546
    O-3E$3,666
    O-1$2,814
    O-2$3,240
    O-3$3,567
    O-4$3,780
    O-5$3,936
    O-6$3,969
    O-7$3,999

    Promoting to O-6 here adds $33 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 Everett to Westchester County at O-5 is worth $4,128 a month — about 125 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $33 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. $3,936 a month of BAH takes more than $3,936 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.