BAH Rate Desk2026
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
    Try Fort Liberty, Cavazos, Moore or a ZIP — old and unofficial names resolve.
    Or type your rank
    Enlisted
    E-1E-2E-3E-4E-5E-6E-7E-8E-9
    Warrant
    W-1W-2W-3W-4W-5
    Prior enl.
    O-1EO-2EO-3E
    Officer
    O-1O-2O-3O-4O-5O-6O-7
    Dependents
    WithWithout

    O-1E without dependents at Newport draws $2,844 per month in 2026

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    Newport, RI
    O-1E · without dependents
    $2,844/ month
    $34,128 / year
    At O-1E, this is #60 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,124 · low Youngstown $1,188
    MHA RI256 · ZIPs 02702 02717 02719 02720 02721 02723 +27 more
    Your grade is calledARMY2LTUSMC2ndLtNAVYENSUSAF2d Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,646 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,753 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Newport — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,685$2,073
    E-2$2,685$2,073
    E-3$2,685$2,073
    E-4$2,685$2,073
    E-5$2,847$2,361
    E-6$3,447$2,586
    E-7$3,702$2,778
    E-8$3,972$2,979
    E-9$4,230$3,174
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,474$2,637
    W-2$3,813$2,967
    W-3$4,146$3,177
    W-4$4,260$3,507
    W-5$4,404$3,762
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,753$2,844
    O-2E$4,098$3,111
    O-3E$4,284$3,441
    Officer
    O-1$2,925$2,517
    O-2$3,441$2,796
    O-3$4,137$3,231
    O-4$4,446$3,717
    O-5$4,668$3,873
    O-6$4,707$4,125
    O-7$4,743$4,200
    PCS compareNewport · O-1E · $2,844/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,475/mo · $29,700/yr
    ▼ CUT−$369−$4,428/yr · like −$5,677 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-1E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,124 / month
    San Francisco$5,124
    Sacramento$2,901
    Fort G. G. Meade$2,898
    Hartford$2,898
    County Cost Group 880$2,847
    Newport$2,844
    Denver$2,838
    JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst$2,820
    Boulder$2,751
    Cape May$2,751
    Youngstown$1,188

    Newport is #60 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,936 a month — $47,232 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Newport0 – $4,200 / month
    E-1$2,073
    E-2$2,073
    E-3$2,073
    E-4$2,073
    E-5$2,361
    E-6$2,586
    E-7$2,778
    E-8$2,979
    E-9$3,174
    W-1$2,637
    W-2$2,967
    W-3$3,177
    W-4$3,507
    W-5$3,762
    O-1E$2,844
    O-2E$3,111
    O-3E$3,441
    O-1$2,517
    O-2$2,796
    O-3$3,231
    O-4$3,717
    O-5$3,873
    O-6$4,125
    O-7$4,200

    Promoting to O-2E here adds $267 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 Newport to San Francisco at O-1E is worth $2,280 a month — about 9 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $267 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 32% 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. $2,844 a month of BAH takes more than $2,844 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.