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
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    Or type your rank
    Dependents
    With $4,173Without $3,363

    E-7 at Fort Monmouth draws $4,173 per month with dependents in 2026, $3,363 without

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    Fort Monmouth/Earle NWS, NJ
    E-7 · with dependents
    $4,173/ month
    $50,076 / year
    At E-7, this is #21 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $5,832 · low Youngstown $1,491
    MHA NJ200 · ZIPs 07701 07702 07703 07704 07710 07711 +58 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$5,350 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$3,363 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fort Monmouth — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareFort Monmouth · E-7 · $4,173/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,862/mo · $34,344/yr
    ▼ CUT$1,311−$15,732/yr · like −$20,169 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,832 / month
    Westchester County$5,832
    Los Angeles$4,311
    Monterey$4,218
    West Point$4,215
    Oakland$4,203
    Fort Monmouth$4,173
    Cape Cod-Plymouth$4,149
    Perth Amboy$4,134
    Trenton$4,116
    Honolulu County$4,098
    Youngstown$1,491

    Fort Monmouth is #21 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,341 a month — $52,092 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fort Monmouth0 – $5,067 / month
    E-1$3,357
    E-2$3,357
    E-3$3,357
    E-4$3,357
    E-5$3,549
    E-6$4,080
    E-7$4,173
    E-8$4,272
    E-9$4,437
    W-1$4,101
    W-2$4,212
    W-3$4,335
    W-4$4,476
    W-5$4,653
    O-1E$4,188
    O-2E$4,314
    O-3E$4,503
    O-1$3,618
    O-2$4,077
    O-3$4,332
    O-4$4,710
    O-5$4,986
    O-6$5,028
    O-7$5,067

    Promoting to E-8 here adds $99 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 Monmouth to Westchester County at E-7 is worth $1,659 a month — about 17 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $99 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 24% 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. $4,173 a month of BAH takes more than $4,173 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.