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-2 without dependents at Philadelphia draws $2,613 per month in 2026

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    Philadelphia, PA/Camden, NJ
    O-2 · without dependents
    $2,613/ month
    $31,356 / year
    At O-2, this is #71 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,091 · low Youngstown $1,176
    MHA PA248 · ZIPs 08001 08002 08003 08004 08007 08009 +255 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,350 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,976 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Philadelphia — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,448$1,893
    E-2$2,448$1,893
    E-3$2,448$1,893
    E-4$2,448$1,893
    E-5$2,691$2,091
    E-6$2,979$2,232
    E-7$3,000$2,457
    E-8$3,009$2,754
    E-9$3,111$2,832
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,997$2,373
    W-2$3,006$2,751
    W-3$3,018$2,844
    W-4$3,156$2,973
    W-5$3,366$2,982
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,003$2,688
    O-2E$3,012$2,814
    O-3E$3,189$2,970
    Officer
    O-1$2,733$2,205
    O-2$2,976$2,613
    O-3$3,015$2,871
    O-4$3,435$2,976
    O-5$3,759$2,985
    O-6$3,789$2,988
    O-7$3,816$3,018
    PCS comparePhiladelphia · O-2 · $2,613/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,412/mo · $28,944/yr
    ▼ CUT−$201−$2,412/yr · like −$3,092 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,091 / month
    New York City$5,091
    Tampa$2,649
    Atlantic City$2,628
    Fort Pierce$2,628
    Fort Detrick$2,613
    Philadelphia$2,613
    Edwards AFB$2,601
    County Cost Group 870$2,598
    Orlando$2,592
    Juneau$2,577
    Youngstown$1,176

    Philadelphia is #71 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,915 a month — $46,980 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Philadelphia0 – $3,018 / month
    E-1$1,893
    E-2$1,893
    E-3$1,893
    E-4$1,893
    E-5$2,091
    E-6$2,232
    E-7$2,457
    E-8$2,754
    E-9$2,832
    W-1$2,373
    W-2$2,751
    W-3$2,844
    W-4$2,973
    W-5$2,982
    O-1E$2,688
    O-2E$2,814
    O-3E$2,970
    O-1$2,205
    O-2$2,613
    O-3$2,871
    O-4$2,976
    O-5$2,985
    O-6$2,988
    O-7$3,018

    Promoting to O-3 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 Philadelphia to New York City at O-2 is worth $2,478 a month — about 10 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $258 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 14% 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. $2,613 a month of BAH takes more than $2,613 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.