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

    E-6 with dependents at Patuxent River draws $2,547 per month in 2026

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    Patuxent River, MD
    E-6 · with dependents
    $2,547/ month
    $30,564 / year
    At E-6, this is #134 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,454 · low Youngstown $1,335
    MHA MD135 · ZIPs 20606 20608 20609 20610 20615 20618 +36 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSSGUSMCSSgtNAVYPO1USAFTSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,265 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,139 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Patuxent River — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,268$1,890
    E-2$2,268$1,890
    E-3$2,268$1,890
    E-4$2,268$1,890
    E-5$2,406$2,040
    E-6$2,547$2,139
    E-7$2,625$2,271
    E-8$2,712$2,442
    E-9$2,856$2,469
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,562$2,232
    W-2$2,661$2,439
    W-3$2,772$2,478
    W-4$2,886$2,556
    W-5$3,033$2,643
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,637$2,403
    O-2E$2,754$2,463
    O-3E$2,910$2,535
    Officer
    O-1$2,433$2,127
    O-2$2,544$2,364
    O-3$2,769$2,490
    O-4$3,075$2,622
    O-5$3,300$2,670
    O-6$3,327$2,751
    O-7$3,348$2,796
    PCS comparePatuxent River · E-6 · $2,547/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,742/mo · $32,904/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$195+$2,340/yr · like +$3,000 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-6 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,454 / month
    San Francisco$5,454
    Brunswick$2,556
    Buffalo$2,553
    Spokane$2,553
    Twenty Nine Palms MCB$2,550
    Patuxent River$2,547
    Helena$2,535
    Birmingham$2,532
    Fort Collins$2,532
    Cincinnati$2,526
    Youngstown$1,335

    Patuxent River is #134 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,119 a month — $49,428 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Patuxent River0 – $3,348 / month
    E-1$2,268
    E-2$2,268
    E-3$2,268
    E-4$2,268
    E-5$2,406
    E-6$2,547
    E-7$2,625
    E-8$2,712
    E-9$2,856
    W-1$2,562
    W-2$2,661
    W-3$2,772
    W-4$2,886
    W-5$3,033
    O-1E$2,637
    O-2E$2,754
    O-3E$2,910
    O-1$2,433
    O-2$2,544
    O-3$2,769
    O-4$3,075
    O-5$3,300
    O-6$3,327
    O-7$3,348

    Promoting to E-7 here adds $78 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 Patuxent River to San Francisco at E-6 is worth $2,907 a month — about 37 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $78 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 19% 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. $2,547 a month of BAH takes more than $2,547 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.