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-2E without dependents at Panama City draws $2,280 per month in 2026

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    Panama City, FL
    O-2E · without dependents
    $2,280/ month
    $27,360 / year
    At O-2E, this is #152 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,268 · low Youngstown $1,305
    MHA FL063 · ZIPs 32401 32402 32403 32404 32405 32406 +13 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,923 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,691 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Panama City — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,058$1,713
    E-2$2,058$1,713
    E-3$2,058$1,713
    E-4$2,058$1,713
    E-5$2,163$1,863
    E-6$2,442$1,959
    E-7$2,538$2,058
    E-8$2,643$2,223
    E-9$2,766$2,298
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,460$2,037
    W-2$2,580$2,220
    W-3$2,712$2,310
    W-4$2,787$2,460
    W-5$2,886$2,562
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,556$2,160
    O-2E$2,691$2,280
    O-3E$2,802$2,433
    Officer
    O-1$2,202$1,953
    O-2$2,439$2,133
    O-3$2,709$2,337
    O-4$2,913$2,538
    O-5$3,060$2,595
    O-6$3,084$2,691
    O-7$3,105$2,736
    PCS comparePanama City · O-2E · $2,280/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,592/mo · $31,104/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$312+$3,744/yr · like +$4,800 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,268 / month
    San Francisco$5,268
    Grand Haven$2,310
    County Cost Group 820$2,301
    Abilene$2,286
    Charlotte$2,283
    Panama City$2,280
    Albuquerque$2,259
    Grand Rapids$2,256
    Fort Worth$2,250
    Wilmington$2,241
    Youngstown$1,305

    Panama City is #152 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,963 a month — $47,556 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Panama City0 – $2,736 / month
    E-1$1,713
    E-2$1,713
    E-3$1,713
    E-4$1,713
    E-5$1,863
    E-6$1,959
    E-7$2,058
    E-8$2,223
    E-9$2,298
    W-1$2,037
    W-2$2,220
    W-3$2,310
    W-4$2,460
    W-5$2,562
    O-1E$2,160
    O-2E$2,280
    O-3E$2,433
    O-1$1,953
    O-2$2,133
    O-3$2,337
    O-4$2,538
    O-5$2,595
    O-6$2,691
    O-7$2,736

    Promoting to O-3E here adds $153 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 Panama City to San Francisco at O-2E is worth $2,988 a month — about 20 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $153 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 18% 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. $2,280 a month of BAH takes more than $2,280 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.