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Fort Detrick BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA MD130

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O-4 · With dependents
$3,573per month

$42,876 per year · federal tax-free allowance

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

National position #77 of 338O-4 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$4,581/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$15/mo · +0.4%2025 $3,558 → 2026 $3,573
O-4 rate selectedMHA MD130 ZIPs 21701 21702 21703 21704 21705 21709 +25
PCS compare Fort Detrick · O-4 · with dep. · $3,573/mo
Fort Detrick $3,573/mo · $42,876/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$3,558
2026$3,573

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-4 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $7,470 / month
Westchester County $7,470
Hampden County $3,747
Stockton $3,738
Ketchikan $3,720
Willow Grove $3,714
New London $3,654
Cape May $3,639
Sitka $3,639
San Bernardino $3,630
County Cost Group 870 $3,627
Edwards AFB $3,597
Fort Detrick $3,573
Milwaukee $3,564
Kodiak Island $3,555
Ballston Spa $3,549
Eglin AFB $3,528
Astoria $3,480
Baltimore $3,477
Outer Banks $3,438
Philadelphia $3,435
County Cost Group 860 $3,429
Denver $3,426
Youngstown $1,809

Fort Detrick is #77 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,661 a month — $67,932 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-4 is worth $3,897 a month — about 17 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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