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
    WithWithout

    O-2 without dependents at Fort Detrick draws $2,613 per month in 2026

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    Fort Detrick, MD
    O-2 · without dependents
    $2,613/ month
    $31,356 / year
    At O-2, this is #70 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,091 · low Youngstown $1,176
    MHA MD130 · ZIPs 21701 21702 21703 21704 21705 21709 +25 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,350 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,060 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fort Detrick — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,466$2,016
    E-2$2,466$2,016
    E-3$2,466$2,016
    E-4$2,466$2,016
    E-5$2,682$2,160
    E-6$3,063$2,295
    E-7$3,132$2,472
    E-8$3,207$2,763
    E-9$3,345$2,871
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,081$2,400
    W-2$3,162$2,760
    W-3$3,258$2,886
    W-4$3,375$3,075
    W-5$3,525$3,147
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,144$2,679
    O-2E$3,243$2,847
    O-3E$3,399$3,054
    Officer
    O-1$2,733$2,247
    O-2$3,060$2,613
    O-3$3,255$2,922
    O-4$3,573$3,129
    O-5$3,804$3,168
    O-6$3,837$3,234
    O-7$3,864$3,291
    PCS compareFort Detrick · O-2 · $2,613/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,412/mo · $28,944/yr
    ▼ CUT−$201−$2,412/yr · like −$3,092 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,091 / month
    New York City$5,091
    Fort Myers Beach$2,652
    Tampa$2,649
    Atlantic City$2,628
    Fort Pierce$2,628
    Fort Detrick$2,613
    Philadelphia$2,613
    Edwards AFB$2,601
    County Cost Group 870$2,598
    Orlando$2,592
    Youngstown$1,176

    Fort Detrick is #70 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,915 a month — $46,980 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fort Detrick0 – $3,291 / month
    E-1$2,016
    E-2$2,016
    E-3$2,016
    E-4$2,016
    E-5$2,160
    E-6$2,295
    E-7$2,472
    E-8$2,763
    E-9$2,871
    W-1$2,400
    W-2$2,760
    W-3$2,886
    W-4$3,075
    W-5$3,147
    O-1E$2,679
    O-2E$2,847
    O-3E$3,054
    O-1$2,247
    O-2$2,613
    O-3$2,922
    O-4$3,129
    O-5$3,168
    O-6$3,234
    O-7$3,291

    Promoting to O-3 here adds $309 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 Fort Detrick to New York City at O-2 is worth $2,478 a month — about 8 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $309 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 17% 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. $2,613 a month of BAH takes more than $2,613 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.