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 $1,848Without $1,584

    W-2 at Huntington draws $1,848 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,584 without

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    Huntington, WV
    W-2 · with dependents
    $1,848/ month
    $22,176 / year
    At W-2, this is #302 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,036 · low Youngstown $1,560
    MHA WV322 · ZIPs 25504 25510 25520 25537 25541 25545 +40 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,369 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,584 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Huntington — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareHuntington · W-2 · $1,848/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,916/mo · $34,992/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,068+$12,816/yr · like +$16,431 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
    Westchester County$6,036
    County Cost Group 680$1,875
    Fort Riley$1,872
    County Cost Group 670$1,863
    County Cost Group 660$1,851
    Huntington$1,848
    Montgomery$1,845
    County Cost Group 650$1,842
    Gulfport$1,836
    St Mary And Terrebonne$1,836
    Youngstown$1,560

    Huntington is #302 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,476 a month — $53,712 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Huntington0 – $2,217 / month
    E-1$1,404
    E-2$1,404
    E-3$1,404
    E-4$1,404
    E-5$1,533
    E-6$1,779
    E-7$1,827
    E-8$1,881
    E-9$1,959
    W-1$1,797
    W-2$1,848
    W-3$1,920
    W-4$1,977
    W-5$2,055
    O-1E$1,833
    O-2E$1,905
    O-3E$1,989
    O-1$1,569
    O-2$1,776
    O-3$1,917
    O-4$2,073
    O-5$2,190
    O-6$2,205
    O-7$2,217

    Promoting to W-3 here adds $72 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 Huntington to Westchester County at W-2 is worth $4,188 a month — about 58 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $72 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 17% 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. $1,848 a month of BAH takes more than $1,848 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.