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-2E without dependents at Fort Gordon draws $2,004 per month in 2026

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    Fort Gordon, AL
    O-2E · without dependents
    $2,004/ month
    $24,048 / year
    At O-2E, this is #204 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,268 · low Youngstown $1,305
    MHA GA073 · ZIPs 29105 29137 29164 29801 29802 29803 +38 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,569 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,241 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
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    PCS compareFort Gordon · O-2E · $2,004/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,592/mo · $31,104/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$588+$7,056/yr · like +$9,046 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,268 / month
    San Francisco$5,268
    Pensacola$2,022
    Indianapolis$2,019
    Baton Rouge$2,013
    Coos Bay$2,004
    Fort Gordon$2,004
    State College$2,001
    Davis-Monthan AFB$1,995
    Lexington$1,995
    Greenville$1,986
    Youngstown$1,305

    Fort Gordon is #204 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,963 a month — $47,556 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fort Gordon0 – $2,262 / month
    E-1$1,506
    E-2$1,506
    E-3$1,506
    E-4$1,506
    E-5$1,644
    E-6$1,731
    E-7$1,809
    E-8$1,947
    E-9$2,019
    W-1$1,797
    W-2$1,944
    W-3$2,031
    W-4$2,157
    W-5$2,196
    O-1E$1,887
    O-2E$2,004
    O-3E$2,148
    O-1$1,728
    O-2$1,866
    O-3$2,058
    O-4$2,181
    O-5$2,199
    O-6$2,226
    O-7$2,262

    Promoting to O-3E here adds $144 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 Gordon to San Francisco at O-2E is worth $3,264 a month — about 23 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $144 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 12% 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. $2,004 a month of BAH takes more than $2,004 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.