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 Fort Drum draws $2,823 per month in 2026

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    Fort Drum/Watertown, NY
    O-7 · with dependents
    $2,823/ month
    $33,876 / year
    At O-7, this is #10 of 17 stations loaded · high San Diego $5,586 · low Fort Riley $2,352
    MHA NY219 · ZIPs 13602 13601 13603
    Your grade is calledARMYBGUSMCBGenNAVYRDMLUSAFBrig Gen
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,619 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,496 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fort Drum — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareFort Drum · O-7 · $2,823/mo
    Fort Bragg$2,646/mo · $31,752/yr
    ▼ CUT$177−$2,124/yr · like −$2,723 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-7 with dependents, every station0 – $5,586 / month
    San Diego$5,586
    Camp Pendleton$5,484
    Honolulu County$5,040
    JB Elmendorf-Richardson$4,161
    JB Lewis-McChord$3,525
    Norfolk$3,366
    Fort Stewart$3,174
    Fort Campbell$3,048
    Fort Carson$2,955
    Fort Drum$2,823
    Fort Hood$2,787
    Fort Bragg$2,646
    Camp Lejeune$2,586
    Fort Benning$2,502
    Fort Bliss$2,496
    San Antonio (JBSA)$2,490
    Fort Riley$2,352

    Fort Drum is #10 of 17. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,234 a month — $38,808 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.