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-1 without dependents at Huntington draws $1,053 per month in 2026

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    Huntington, WV
    E-1 · without dependents
    $1,053/ month
    $12,636 / year
    At E-1, this is #313 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879
    MHA WV322 · ZIPs 25504 25510 25520 25537 25541 25545 +40 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,350 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,404 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Huntington — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareHuntington · E-1 · $1,053/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,875/mo · $22,500/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$822+$9,864/yr · like +$12,646 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
    New York City$4,833
    County Cost Group 630$1,065
    County Cost Group 620$1,059
    Charleston$1,056
    County Cost Group 610$1,053
    Huntington$1,053
    Cannon AFB$1,050
    County Cost Group 600$1,050
    Fort Riley$1,050
    Wichita Fls$1,044
    Fort Chaffee$879

    Huntington is #313 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 Huntington0 – $1,923 / month
    E-1$1,053
    E-2$1,053
    E-3$1,053
    E-4$1,053
    E-5$1,188
    E-6$1,332
    E-7$1,404
    E-8$1,587
    E-9$1,653
    W-1$1,371
    W-2$1,584
    W-3$1,662
    W-4$1,785
    W-5$1,839
    O-1E$1,530
    O-2E$1,638
    O-3E$1,770
    O-1$1,269
    O-2$1,494
    O-3$1,686
    O-4$1,821
    O-5$1,848
    O-6$1,896
    O-7$1,923

    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 33% 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. $1,053 a month of BAH takes more than $1,053 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.