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 $3,768Without $2,958

    E-7 at New Haven draws $3,768 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,958 without

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    New Haven/Fairfield, CT
    E-7 · with dependents
    $3,768/ month
    $45,216 / year
    At E-7, this is #38 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $5,832 · low Youngstown $1,491
    MHA CT051 · ZIPs 06011 06401 06403 06404 06405 06408 +183 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,831 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,958 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    New Haven — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareNew Haven · E-7 · $3,768/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,862/mo · $34,344/yr
    ▼ CUT$906−$10,872/yr · like −$13,938 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,832 / month
    Westchester County$5,832
    Hawaii County$3,876
    Washington$3,855
    Portland$3,825
    Manchester$3,783
    New Haven$3,768
    West Palm Beach$3,738
    Chicago$3,723
    Newport$3,702
    Vandenberg SFB$3,693
    Youngstown$1,491

    New Haven is #38 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 New Haven0 – $4,665 / month
    E-1$2,955
    E-2$2,955
    E-3$2,955
    E-4$2,955
    E-5$3,069
    E-6$3,723
    E-7$3,768
    E-8$3,813
    E-9$3,963
    W-1$3,744
    W-2$3,786
    W-3$3,846
    W-4$4,005
    W-5$4,206
    O-1E$3,771
    O-2E$3,834
    O-3E$4,038
    O-1$3,150
    O-2$3,714
    O-3$3,843
    O-4$4,275
    O-5$4,590
    O-6$4,629
    O-7$4,665

    Promoting to E-8 here adds $45 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 New Haven to Westchester County at E-7 is worth $2,064 a month — about 46 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $45 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 27% 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. $3,768 a month of BAH takes more than $3,768 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.