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-4 without dependents at Martha's Vineyard draws $4,758 per month in 2026

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    Martha's Vineyard, MA
    O-4 · without dependents
    $4,758/ month
    $57,096 / year
    At O-4, this is #10 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $5,874 · low Youngstown $1,497
    MHA MA151 · ZIPs 02535 02539 02552 02557 02568 02575
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$6,100 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$5,385 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Martha's Vineyard — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareMartha's Vineyard · O-4 · $4,758/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,865/mo · $34,380/yr
    ▼ CUT$1,893−$22,716/yr · like −$29,123 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-4 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,874 / month
    Westchester County$5,874
    Northern New Jersey$5,055
    Santa Clara County$5,055
    Boston$4,941
    Long Island$4,878
    Martha's Vineyard$4,758
    Hanscom AFB$4,584
    Camp Pendleton$4,494
    San Diego$4,440
    Kauai County$4,416
    Youngstown$1,497

    Martha's Vineyard is #10 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,377 a month — $52,524 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Martha's Vineyard0 – $5,103 / month
    E-1$2,748
    E-2$2,748
    E-3$2,748
    E-4$2,748
    E-5$3,096
    E-6$3,444
    E-7$3,675
    E-8$4,110
    E-9$4,290
    W-1$3,555
    W-2$4,107
    W-3$4,311
    W-4$4,629
    W-5$4,791
    O-1E$3,981
    O-2E$4,251
    O-3E$4,587
    O-1$3,336
    O-2$3,879
    O-3$4,371
    O-4$4,758
    O-5$4,854
    O-6$5,010
    O-7$5,103

    Promoting to O-5 here adds $96 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 Martha's Vineyard to Westchester County at O-4 is worth $1,116 a month — about 12 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $96 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 13% 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. $4,758 a month of BAH takes more than $4,758 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.