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Hampden County BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA MA126

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O-5 · With dependents
$3,978per month

$47,736 per year · federal tax-free allowance

Official DoD / DTMO rate · CONUS BAH, not an estimate

National position #66 of 338O-5 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$5,100/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$45/mo · +1.1%2025 $3,933 → 2026 $3,978
O-5 rate selectedMHA MA126 ZIPs 01001 01002 01003 01004 01007 01008 +114
PCS compare Hampden County · O-5 · with dep. · $3,978/mo
Hampden County $3,978/mo · $47,736/yr
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Comparison uses with-dependents rates. Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

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Rate history

How updates work
2025$3,933
2026$3,978

Verified official history. With-dependents rate shown; use the dependency switch above for its exact comparison.

Hampden County — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

O-5 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $8,064 / month
Westchester County $8,064
JB Elmendorf-Richardson $4,095
Chicago $4,086
Juneau $4,074
Quantico $4,065
Stockton $4,047
Santa Fe $4,023
Fort G. G. Meade $4,014
Ketchikan $4,002
Riverside $4,002
Madison $3,993
Hampden County $3,978
Cape May $3,969
Willow Grove $3,939
Everett $3,936
Vallejo $3,927
New London $3,906
Brunswick $3,894
County Cost Group 870 $3,882
Edwards AFB $3,840
Kodiak Island $3,831
Milwaukee $3,831
Youngstown $1,827

Hampden County is #66 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $6,237 a month — $74,844 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Hampden County0 – $4,038 / month
E-1 $2,268
E-2 $2,268
E-3 $2,268
E-4 $2,268
E-5 $2,388
E-6 $2,850
E-7 $3,063
E-8 $3,288
E-9 $3,522
W-1 $2,874
W-2 $3,153
W-3 $3,435
W-4 $3,555
W-5 $3,702
O-1E $3,105
O-2E $3,393
O-3E $3,576
O-1 $2,451
O-2 $2,847
O-3 $3,426
O-4 $3,747
O-5 $3,978
O-6 $4,011
O-7 $4,038

The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Moving from Hampden County to Westchester County at O-5 is worth $4,086 a month — about 124 promotions at this grade. Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.

What the rate table does not 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.

Source: DoD Defense Travel Management Office, effective 01 JAN 2026. How these rates are sourced and checked.

Source record

Where these numbers come from

Official fields remain unchanged. Years are aligned by DTMO's MHA code; no missing value is interpolated.

2026 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2026-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-05
Last verified
2026-09-07
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2025 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2025-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Last verified
2026-09-07
SHA-256
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