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 $4,617Without $3,555

    W-1 at Martha's Vineyard draws $4,617 per month with dependents in 2026, $3,555 without

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    Martha's Vineyard, MA
    W-1 · with dependents
    $4,617/ month
    $55,404 / year
    At W-1, this is #10 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,472 · low Youngstown $1,350
    MHA MA151 · ZIPs 02535 02539 02552 02557 02568 02575
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$5,919 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$3,555 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Martha's Vineyard — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareMartha's Vineyard · W-1 · $4,617/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,760/mo · $33,120/yr
    ▼ CUT$1,857−$22,284/yr · like −$28,569 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,472 / month
    San Francisco$5,472
    Santa Clara County$4,998
    Boston$4,827
    Maui County$4,797
    Long Island$4,791
    Martha's Vineyard$4,617
    Hanscom AFB$4,497
    San Diego$4,425
    Camp Pendleton$4,419
    Kauai County$4,287
    Youngstown$1,350

    Martha's Vineyard is #10 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,122 a month — $49,464 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Martha's Vineyard0 – $5,742 / month
    E-1$3,663
    E-2$3,663
    E-3$3,663
    E-4$3,663
    E-5$3,984
    E-6$4,593
    E-7$4,752
    E-8$4,923
    E-9$5,130
    W-1$4,617
    W-2$4,821
    W-3$5,031
    W-4$5,166
    W-5$5,334
    O-1E$4,782
    O-2E$5,001
    O-3E$5,193
    O-1$4,062
    O-2$4,587
    O-3$5,025
    O-4$5,385
    O-5$5,646
    O-6$5,694
    O-7$5,742

    Promoting to W-2 here adds $204 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 San Francisco at W-1 is worth $855 a month — about 4 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $204 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 30% 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. $4,617 a month of BAH takes more than $4,617 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.