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 $2,337Without $1,893

    O-2E at Fayetteville draws $2,337 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,893 without

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    Fayetteville, AR
    O-2E · with dependents
    $2,337/ month
    $28,044 / year
    At O-2E, this is #214 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,564 · low Anniston $1,671
    MHA AR411 · ZIPs 72701 72702 72703 72704 72711 72712 +39 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,996 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,893 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
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    PCS compareFayetteville · O-2E · $2,337/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,051/mo · $36,612/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$714+$8,568/yr · like +$10,985 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,564 / month
    Westchester County$6,564
    Bismarck$2,358
    Jacksonville$2,355
    Memphis$2,349
    Ogden$2,349
    Fayetteville$2,337
    County Cost Group 780$2,331
    Johnson City$2,331
    Mountain Home AFB$2,316
    Fort Hood$2,313
    Anniston$1,671

    Fayetteville is #214 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,893 a month — $58,716 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fayetteville0 – $2,886 / month
    E-1$1,662
    E-2$1,662
    E-3$1,662
    E-4$1,662
    E-5$1,782
    E-6$2,040
    E-7$2,154
    E-8$2,280
    E-9$2,439
    W-1$2,058
    W-2$2,205
    W-3$2,361
    W-4$2,466
    W-5$2,601
    O-1E$2,175
    O-2E$2,337
    O-3E$2,487
    O-1$1,821
    O-2$2,037
    O-3$2,355
    O-4$2,640
    O-5$2,847
    O-6$2,868
    O-7$2,886

    Promoting to O-3E here adds $150 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 Fayetteville to Westchester County at O-2E is worth $4,227 a month — about 28 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $150 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 23% 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. $2,337 a month of BAH takes more than $2,337 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.