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

    E-7 with dependents at Myrtle Beach draws $2,418 per month in 2026

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    Myrtle Beach, SC
    E-7 · with dependents
    $2,418/ month
    $29,016 / year
    At E-7, this is #174 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $5,832 · low Youngstown $1,491
    MHA SC262 · ZIPs 29440 29442 29510 29511 29519 29526 +32 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,100 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,989 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Myrtle Beach — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareMyrtle Beach · E-7 · $2,418/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,862/mo · $34,344/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$444+$5,328/yr · like +$6,831 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,832 / month
    Westchester County$5,832
    New Orleans$2,439
    Durham$2,436
    Battle Creek$2,424
    Grand Rapids$2,424
    Myrtle Beach$2,418
    Ocala$2,409
    Fargo$2,400
    Coos Bay$2,391
    State College$2,388
    Youngstown$1,491

    Myrtle Beach is #174 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,341 a month — $52,092 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Myrtle Beach0 – $3,027 / month
    E-1$1,989
    E-2$1,989
    E-3$1,989
    E-4$1,989
    E-5$2,097
    E-6$2,361
    E-7$2,418
    E-8$2,481
    E-9$2,598
    W-1$2,379
    W-2$2,445
    W-3$2,526
    W-4$2,625
    W-5$2,751
    O-1E$2,427
    O-2E$2,511
    O-3E$2,643
    O-1$2,136
    O-2$2,358
    O-3$2,523
    O-4$2,787
    O-5$2,982
    O-6$3,006
    O-7$3,027

    Promoting to E-8 here adds $63 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 Myrtle Beach to Westchester County at E-7 is worth $3,414 a month — about 54 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $63 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 22% 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. $2,418 a month of BAH takes more than $2,418 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.