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
    With $3,726Without $3,066

    O-6 at Outer Banks draws $3,726 per month with dependents in 2026, $3,066 without

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    Outer Banks, NC
    O-6 · with dependents
    $3,726/ month
    $44,712 / year
    At O-6, this is #86 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $8,136 · low Youngstown $1,839
    MHA NC176 · ZIPs 27824 27826 27875 27885 27915 27920 +13 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,777 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$3,066 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Outer Banks — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,460$1,845
    E-2$2,460$1,845
    E-3$2,460$1,845
    E-4$2,460$1,845
    E-5$2,604$2,142
    E-6$2,946$2,325
    E-7$2,997$2,463
    E-8$3,051$2,679
    E-9$3,186$2,772
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,964$2,421
    W-2$3,018$2,676
    W-3$3,090$2,787
    W-4$3,219$2,952
    W-5$3,387$3,006
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,003$2,601
    O-2E$3,075$2,751
    O-3E$3,246$2,937
    Officer
    O-1$2,652$2,313
    O-2$2,943$2,562
    O-3$3,087$2,820
    O-4$3,438$2,991
    O-5$3,696$3,018
    O-6$3,726$3,066
    O-7$3,753$3,120
    PCS compareOuter Banks · O-6 · $3,726/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,660/mo · $43,920/yr
    ▼ CUT−$66−$792/yr · like −$1,015 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-6 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $8,136 / month
    Westchester County$8,136
    Philadelphia$3,789
    Asheville$3,753
    Baltimore$3,741
    Portland$3,732
    Outer Banks$3,726
    Astoria$3,702
    County Cost Group 860$3,702
    Oxford$3,693
    Fort Pierce$3,675
    Youngstown$1,839

    Outer Banks is #86 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $6,297 a month — $75,564 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Outer Banks0 – $3,753 / month
    E-1$2,460
    E-2$2,460
    E-3$2,460
    E-4$2,460
    E-5$2,604
    E-6$2,946
    E-7$2,997
    E-8$3,051
    E-9$3,186
    W-1$2,964
    W-2$3,018
    W-3$3,090
    W-4$3,219
    W-5$3,387
    O-1E$3,003
    O-2E$3,075
    O-3E$3,246
    O-1$2,652
    O-2$2,943
    O-3$3,087
    O-4$3,438
    O-5$3,696
    O-6$3,726
    O-7$3,753

    Promoting to O-7 here adds $27 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 Outer Banks to Westchester County at O-6 is worth $4,410 a month — about 163 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $27 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. $3,726 a month of BAH takes more than $3,726 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.