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.

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    Dependents

    O-7 with dependents at Fitchburg draws $5,049 per month in 2026

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    Fitchburg, MA
    O-7 · with dependents
    $5,049/ month
    $60,588 / year
    At O-7, this is #29 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $8,208 · low Youngstown $1,845
    MHA MA123 · ZIPs 01331 01366 01368 01420 01430 01431 +34 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$6,473 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$4,119 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fitchburg — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareFitchburg · O-7 · $5,049/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,687/mo · $44,244/yr
    ▼ CUT$1,362−$16,344/yr · like −$20,954 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $8,208 / month
    Westchester County$8,208
    Portland$5,322
    Cape Cod-Plymouth$5,283
    Oakland$5,220
    Fort Monmouth$5,067
    Fitchburg$5,049
    Honolulu County$5,040
    Perth Amboy$5,007
    Marin$4,944
    Burlington$4,935
    Youngstown$1,845

    Fitchburg is #29 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $6,363 a month — $76,356 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fitchburg0 – $5,049 / month
    E-1$3,024
    E-2$3,024
    E-3$3,024
    E-4$3,024
    E-5$3,093
    E-6$3,468
    E-7$3,687
    E-8$3,918
    E-9$4,212
    W-1$3,492
    W-2$3,780
    W-3$4,068
    W-4$4,266
    W-5$4,506
    O-1E$3,729
    O-2E$4,026
    O-3E$4,302
    O-1$3,147
    O-2$3,465
    O-3$4,059
    O-4$4,587
    O-5$4,965
    O-6$5,010
    O-7$5,049

    Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.

    01

    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. $5,049 a month of BAH takes more than $5,049 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.