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 $4,122Without $3,189

    E-3 at Long Island draws $4,122 per month with dependents in 2026, $3,189 without

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    Long Island, NY
    E-3 · with dependents
    $4,122/ month
    $49,464 / year
    At E-3, this is #8 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA NY218 · ZIPs 00501 00544 06390 11096 11501 11507 +178 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$5,285 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$3,189 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Long Island — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareLong Island · E-3 · $4,122/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▼ CUT$1,854−$22,248/yr · like −$28,523 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    Boston$4,344
    Northern New Jersey$4,275
    Nantucket$4,218
    Westchester County$4,182
    Long Island$4,122
    Hanscom AFB$3,984
    Maui County$3,819
    Florida Keys$3,813
    Cape Cod-Plymouth$3,696
    Youngstown$1,134

    Long Island is #8 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 Long Island0 – $5,922 / month
    E-1$4,122
    E-2$4,122
    E-3$4,122
    E-4$4,122
    E-5$4,425
    E-6$4,773
    E-7$4,878
    E-8$4,992
    E-9$5,187
    W-1$4,791
    W-2$4,923
    W-3$5,064
    W-4$5,229
    W-5$5,436
    O-1E$4,896
    O-2E$5,043
    O-3E$5,262
    O-1$4,473
    O-2$4,770
    O-3$5,061
    O-4$5,502
    O-5$5,823
    O-6$5,874
    O-7$5,922

    Promoting to E-4 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 29% 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. $4,122 a month of BAH takes more than $4,122 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.