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

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

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    Fort Monmouth/Earle NWS, NJ
    E-7 · without dependents
    $3,363/ month
    $40,356 / year
    At E-7, this is #23 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,088 · low Youngstown $1,131
    MHA NJ200 · ZIPs 07701 07702 07703 07704 07710 07711 +58 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,312 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$4,173 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
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    PCS compareFort Monmouth · E-7 · $3,363/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,274/mo · $27,288/yr
    ▼ CUT$1,089−$13,068/yr · like −$16,754 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-7 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,088 / month
    New York City$5,088
    Oakland$3,483
    Miami$3,465
    Hawaii County$3,450
    Ventura$3,381
    Fort Monmouth$3,363
    Honolulu County$3,348
    Perth Amboy$3,339
    Essex CO$3,288
    West Point$3,264
    Youngstown$1,131

    Fort Monmouth is #23 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,957 a month — $47,484 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fort Monmouth0 – $4,392 / month
    E-1$2,523
    E-2$2,523
    E-3$2,523
    E-4$2,523
    E-5$2,940
    E-6$3,180
    E-7$3,363
    E-8$3,657
    E-9$3,816
    W-1$3,300
    W-2$3,654
    W-3$3,834
    W-4$4,098
    W-5$4,194
    O-1E$3,546
    O-2E$3,780
    O-3E$4,074
    O-1$3,159
    O-2$3,486
    O-3$3,888
    O-4$4,173
    O-5$4,224
    O-6$4,314
    O-7$4,392

    Promoting to E-8 here adds $294 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 New York City at E-7 is worth $1,725 a month — about 6 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $294 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. $3,363 a month of BAH takes more than $3,363 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.