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

    O-2E without dependents at Marquette draws $1,899 per month in 2026

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    Marquette, MI
    O-2E · without dependents
    $1,899/ month
    $22,788 / year
    At O-2E, this is #232 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,268 · low Youngstown $1,305
    MHA MI143 · ZIPs 49808 49814 49819 49833 49841 49849 +7 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,435 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,361 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Marquette — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareMarquette · O-2E · $1,899/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,592/mo · $31,104/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$693+$8,316/yr · like +$10,662 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,268 / month
    San Francisco$5,268
    Huntsville$1,917
    Fort Bragg$1,908
    Waco$1,902
    Cheyenne$1,899
    Marquette$1,899
    Fayetteville$1,893
    County Cost Group 770$1,887
    Little Rock$1,884
    Lansing$1,881
    Youngstown$1,305

    Marquette is #232 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,963 a month — $47,556 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Marquette0 – $2,409 / month
    E-1$1,221
    E-2$1,221
    E-3$1,221
    E-4$1,221
    E-5$1,365
    E-6$1,503
    E-7$1,632
    E-8$1,863
    E-9$1,908
    W-1$1,566
    W-2$1,860
    W-3$1,917
    W-4$2,034
    W-5$2,178
    O-1E$1,818
    O-2E$1,899
    O-3E$1,998
    O-1$1,428
    O-2$1,758
    O-3$1,935
    O-4$2,148
    O-5$2,232
    O-6$2,370
    O-7$2,409

    Promoting to O-3E here adds $99 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 Marquette to San Francisco at O-2E is worth $3,369 a month — about 34 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $99 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 24% 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. $1,899 a month of BAH takes more than $1,899 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.