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 $3,333Without $2,598

    E-1 at Honolulu County draws $3,333 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,598 without

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    Honolulu County, HI
    E-1 · with dependents
    $3,333/ month
    $39,996 / year
    At E-1, this is #25 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA HI408 · ZIPs 96701 96706 96707 96709 96712 96717 +63 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,273 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,598 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    MHA

    One MHA covers the whole island — Pearl Harbor, Schofield, Kaneohe Bay and Hickam all draw the same rate.

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    PCS compareHonolulu County · E-1 · $3,333/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▼ CUT$1,065−$12,780/yr · like −$16,385 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    Hawaii County$3,447
    Ventura$3,378
    Fort Monmouth$3,357
    Perth Amboy$3,339
    Honolulu County$3,333
    Essex CO$3,282
    West Point$3,258
    Marin$3,252
    Monterey$3,249
    Youngstown$1,134

    Honolulu County is #25 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month — $47,196 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Honolulu County0 – $5,040 / month
    E-1$3,333
    E-2$3,333
    E-3$3,333
    E-4$3,333
    E-5$3,663
    E-6$3,912
    E-7$4,098
    E-8$4,302
    E-9$4,518
    W-1$3,930
    W-2$4,182
    W-3$4,434
    W-4$4,551
    W-5$4,692
    O-1E$4,137
    O-2E$4,398
    O-3E$4,572
    O-1$3,702
    O-2$3,909
    O-3$4,428
    O-4$4,737
    O-5$4,959
    O-6$5,001
    O-7$5,040

    Promoting to E-2 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 28% 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. $3,333 a month of BAH takes more than $3,333 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.