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
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    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-3 without dependents at Patuxent River draws $2,490 per month in 2026

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    Patuxent River, MD
    O-3 · without dependents
    $2,490/ month
    $29,880 / year
    At O-3, this is #128 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,331 · low Youngstown $1,344
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,192 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,769 with 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 · O-3 · $2,490/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,643/mo · $31,716/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$153+$1,836/yr · like +$2,354 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,331 / month
    San Francisco$5,331
    Norfolk$2,505
    Detroit$2,499
    Whidbey Island$2,499
    Birmingham$2,490
    Patuxent River$2,490
    Pittsburgh$2,484
    Knoxville$2,481
    Abilene$2,475
    County Cost Group 830$2,457
    Youngstown$1,344

    Patuxent River is #128 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,987 a month — $47,844 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Patuxent River0 – $2,796 / month
    E-1$1,890
    E-2$1,890
    E-3$1,890
    E-4$1,890
    E-5$2,040
    E-6$2,139
    E-7$2,271
    E-8$2,442
    E-9$2,469
    W-1$2,232
    W-2$2,439
    W-3$2,478
    W-4$2,556
    W-5$2,643
    O-1E$2,403
    O-2E$2,463
    O-3E$2,535
    O-1$2,127
    O-2$2,364
    O-3$2,490
    O-4$2,622
    O-5$2,670
    O-6$2,751
    O-7$2,796

    Promoting to O-4 here adds $132 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 O-3 is worth $2,841 a month — about 22 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $132 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 11% 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. $2,490 a month of BAH takes more than $2,490 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.