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 $2,700Without $2,247

    O-1 at Orlando draws $2,700 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,247 without

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    Orlando, FL
    O-1 · with dependents
    $2,700/ month
    $32,400 / year
    At O-1, this is #79 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,172 · low Youngstown $1,218
    MHA FL062 · ZIPs 32701 32703 32704 32707 32708 32709 +114 more
    Your grade is calledARMY2LTUSMC2ndLtNAVYENSUSAF2d Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,462 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,247 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Orlando — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareOrlando · O-1 · $2,700/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,517/mo · $30,204/yr
    ▼ CUT$183−$2,196/yr · like −$2,815 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,172 / month
    San Francisco$5,172
    Fort Myers Beach$2,730
    Edwards AFB$2,724
    Fort Pierce$2,715
    County Cost Group 870$2,700
    Orlando$2,700
    Madison$2,691
    Ballston Spa$2,670
    Baltimore$2,652
    Outer Banks$2,652
    Youngstown$1,218

    Orlando is #79 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month — $47,448 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Orlando0 – $3,303 / month
    E-1$2,454
    E-2$2,454
    E-3$2,454
    E-4$2,454
    E-5$2,658
    E-6$2,961
    E-7$2,982
    E-8$2,991
    E-9$3,018
    W-1$2,979
    W-2$2,988
    W-3$3,000
    W-4$3,033
    W-5$3,114
    O-1E$2,985
    O-2E$2,994
    O-3E$3,045
    O-1$2,700
    O-2$2,958
    O-3$2,997
    O-4$3,135
    O-5$3,255
    O-6$3,282
    O-7$3,303

    Promoting to O-2 here adds $258 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 Orlando to San Francisco at O-1 is worth $2,472 a month — about 10 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $258 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 20% 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. $2,700 a month of BAH takes more than $2,700 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.