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 with dependents at Pittsburgh draws $2,601 per month in 2026

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    Pittsburgh, PA
    O-2 · with dependents
    $2,601/ month
    $31,212 / year
    At O-2, this is #124 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,451 · low Youngstown $1,332
    MHA PA250 · ZIPs 15001 15003 15004 15005 15006 15007 +334 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,335 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,214 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Pittsburgh — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,067$1,551
    E-2$2,067$1,551
    E-3$2,067$1,551
    E-4$2,067$1,551
    E-5$2,283$1,725
    E-6$2,604$1,953
    E-7$2,628$2,076
    E-8$2,637$2,352
    E-9$2,742$2,442
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,625$2,001
    W-2$2,634$2,349
    W-3$2,646$2,454
    W-4$2,790$2,601
    W-5$3,003$2,610
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,631$2,280
    O-2E$2,640$2,421
    O-3E$2,823$2,598
    Officer
    O-1$2,328$1,848
    O-2$2,601$2,214
    O-3$2,643$2,484
    O-4$3,075$2,604
    O-5$3,408$2,613
    O-6$3,435$2,616
    O-7$3,459$2,637
    PCS comparePittsburgh · O-2 · $2,601/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,739/mo · $32,868/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$138+$1,656/yr · like +$2,123 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,451 / month
    San Francisco$5,451
    Savannah$2,649
    Knoxville$2,646
    Richmond$2,625
    Charleston$2,613
    Pittsburgh$2,601
    Detroit$2,580
    County Cost Group 830$2,577
    Asheville$2,568
    Elizabeth City$2,559
    Youngstown$1,332

    Pittsburgh is #124 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 Pittsburgh0 – $3,459 / month
    E-1$2,067
    E-2$2,067
    E-3$2,067
    E-4$2,067
    E-5$2,283
    E-6$2,604
    E-7$2,628
    E-8$2,637
    E-9$2,742
    W-1$2,625
    W-2$2,634
    W-3$2,646
    W-4$2,790
    W-5$3,003
    O-1E$2,631
    O-2E$2,640
    O-3E$2,823
    O-1$2,328
    O-2$2,601
    O-3$2,643
    O-4$3,075
    O-5$3,408
    O-6$3,435
    O-7$3,459

    Promoting to O-3 here adds $42 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 Pittsburgh to San Francisco at O-2 is worth $2,850 a month — about 68 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $42 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 17% 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. $2,601 a month of BAH takes more than $2,601 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.