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Fort Detrick BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA MD130

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O-2E · With dependents
$3,243per month

$38,916 per year · federal tax-free allowance

Official DoD / DTMO rate · CONUS BAH, not an estimate

National position #77 of 338O-2E · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$4,158/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$51/mo · +1.6%2025 $3,192 → 2026 $3,243
O-2E rate selectedMHA MD130 ZIPs 21701 21702 21703 21704 21705 21709 +25
PCS compare Fort Detrick · O-2E · with dep. · $3,243/mo
Fort Detrick $3,243/mo · $38,916/yr
CURRENT

Pick a station below to see what the move is worth a year, before tax. Orders rarely arrive as one option — add several and rank them.

Comparison uses with-dependents rates. Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

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Rate history

How updates work
2025$3,192
2026$3,243

Verified official history. With-dependents rate shown; use the dependency switch above for its exact comparison.

Fort Detrick — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

O-2E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,564 / month
Westchester County $6,564
Hampden County $3,393
Eglin AFB $3,351
Ann Arbor $3,339
JB Elmendorf-Richardson $3,333
Quantico $3,315
Ketchikan $3,300
New London $3,291
Stockton $3,288
Edwards AFB $3,255
County Cost Group 870 $3,252
Fort Detrick $3,243
Ballston Spa $3,213
Denver $3,195
Astoria $3,189
Cape May $3,177
Beale AFB $3,162
Milwaukee $3,162
Kodiak Island $3,153
Baltimore $3,138
Fort Myers Beach $3,114
JB Lewis-McChord $3,108
Anniston $1,671

Fort Detrick is #77 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 Fort Detrick0 – $3,864 / month
E-1 $2,466
E-2 $2,466
E-3 $2,466
E-4 $2,466
E-5 $2,682
E-6 $3,063
E-7 $3,132
E-8 $3,207
E-9 $3,345
W-1 $3,081
W-2 $3,162
W-3 $3,258
W-4 $3,375
W-5 $3,525
O-1E $3,144
O-2E $3,243
O-3E $3,399
O-1 $2,733
O-2 $3,060
O-3 $3,255
O-4 $3,573
O-5 $3,804
O-6 $3,837
O-7 $3,864

The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Moving from Fort Detrick to Westchester County at O-2E is worth $3,321 a month — about 21 promotions at this grade. Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.

What the rate table does not 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.

Source: DoD Defense Travel Management Office, effective 01 JAN 2026. How these rates are sourced and checked.

Source record

Where these numbers come from

Official fields remain unchanged. Years are aligned by DTMO's MHA code; no missing value is interpolated.

2026 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2026-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-05
Last verified
2026-09-07
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2025 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2025-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Last verified
2026-09-07
SHA-256
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