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 $3,813Without $2,967

    W-2 at Newport draws $3,813 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,967 without

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    Newport, RI
    W-2 · with dependents
    $3,813/ month
    $45,756 / year
    At W-2, this is #38 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,036 · low Youngstown $1,560
    MHA RI256 · ZIPs 02702 02717 02719 02720 02721 02723 +27 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW2USMCCWO2NAVYCWO2
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,888 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,967 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Newport — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareNewport · W-2 · $3,813/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,916/mo · $34,992/yr
    ▼ CUT$897−$10,764/yr · like −$13,800 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,036 / month
    Westchester County$6,036
    Portland$3,936
    Manchester$3,897
    Washington$3,894
    Hawaii County$3,891
    Newport$3,813
    West Palm Beach$3,798
    New Haven$3,786
    Fitchburg$3,780
    Providence$3,747
    Youngstown$1,560

    Newport is #38 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,476 a month — $53,712 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Newport0 – $4,743 / month
    E-1$2,685
    E-2$2,685
    E-3$2,685
    E-4$2,685
    E-5$2,847
    E-6$3,447
    E-7$3,702
    E-8$3,972
    E-9$4,230
    W-1$3,474
    W-2$3,813
    W-3$4,146
    W-4$4,260
    W-5$4,404
    O-1E$3,753
    O-2E$4,098
    O-3E$4,284
    O-1$2,925
    O-2$3,441
    O-3$4,137
    O-4$4,446
    O-5$4,668
    O-6$4,707
    O-7$4,743

    Promoting to W-3 here adds $333 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 Westchester County at W-2 is worth $2,223 a month — about 7 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $333 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 29% 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. $3,813 a month of BAH takes more than $3,813 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.