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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    Dependents
    With $3,630Without $3,297

    O-1 at Hawaii County draws $3,630 per month with dependents in 2026, $3,297 without

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    Hawaii County, HI
    O-1 · with dependents
    $3,630/ month
    $43,560 / year
    At O-1, this is #22 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,172 · low Youngstown $1,218
    MHA HI409 · ZIPs 96704 96710 96718 96719 96720 96721 +26 more
    Your grade is calledARMY2LTUSMC2ndLtNAVYENSUSAF2d Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,654 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$3,297 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Hawaii County — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareHawaii County · O-1 · $3,630/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,517/mo · $30,204/yr
    ▼ CUT$1,113−$13,356/yr · like −$17,123 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,172 / month
    San Francisco$5,172
    Oakland$3,807
    Staten Island$3,798
    Honolulu County$3,702
    Miami$3,687
    Hawaii County$3,630
    Fort Monmouth$3,618
    Ventura$3,600
    West Point$3,549
    Trenton$3,531
    Youngstown$1,218

    Hawaii County is #22 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month — $47,448 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Hawaii County0 – $4,332 / month
    E-1$3,447
    E-2$3,447
    E-3$3,447
    E-4$3,447
    E-5$3,594
    E-6$3,837
    E-7$3,876
    E-8$3,915
    E-9$3,993
    W-1$3,855
    W-2$3,891
    W-3$3,948
    W-4$4,014
    W-5$4,104
    O-1E$3,879
    O-2E$3,936
    O-3E$4,026
    O-1$3,630
    O-2$3,834
    O-3$3,945
    O-4$4,128
    O-5$4,263
    O-6$4,299
    O-7$4,332

    Promoting to O-2 here adds $204 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 Hawaii County to San Francisco at O-1 is worth $1,542 a month — about 8 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $204 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 10% 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. $3,630 a month of BAH takes more than $3,630 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.