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.
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    Dependents
    With $2,823Without $2,496

    O-7 at Fort Drum draws $2,823 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,496 without

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    Fort Drum/Watertown, NY
    O-7 · with dependents
    $2,823/ month
    $33,876 / year
    At O-7, this is #218 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $8,208 · low Youngstown $1,845
    MHA NY225 · ZIPs 13305 13312 13325 13327 13343 13345 +52 more
    Your grade is calledARMYBGUSMCBGenNAVYRDMLUSAFBrig Gen
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,619 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,496 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
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    PCS compareFort Drum · O-7 · $2,823/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,687/mo · $44,244/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$864+$10,368/yr · like +$13,292 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $8,208 / month
    Westchester County$8,208
    Duluth$2,847
    Fort Worth$2,832
    Fort Gordon$2,826
    Roanoke$2,826
    Fort Drum$2,823
    Shreveport$2,817
    Nellis AFB$2,814
    Phoenix$2,814
    Tulsa$2,805
    Youngstown$1,845

    Fort Drum is #218 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 Fort Drum0 – $2,823 / month
    E-1$1,569
    E-2$1,569
    E-3$1,569
    E-4$1,569
    E-5$1,665
    E-6$1,893
    E-7$2,103
    E-8$2,331
    E-9$2,526
    W-1$1,914
    W-2$2,196
    W-3$2,478
    W-4$2,544
    W-5$2,631
    O-1E$2,145
    O-2E$2,436
    O-3E$2,559
    O-1$1,701
    O-2$1,890
    O-3$2,469
    O-4$2,655
    O-5$2,784
    O-6$2,805
    O-7$2,823

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

    01

    Dependency status is worth 13% 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. $2,823 a month of BAH takes more than $2,823 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.