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
    With $2,640Without $2,421

    O-2E at Pittsburgh draws $2,640 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,421 without

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    Pittsburgh, PA
    O-2E · with dependents
    $2,640/ month
    $31,680 / year
    At O-2E, this is #153 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,564 · low Anniston $1,671
    MHA PA250 · ZIPs 15001 15003 15004 15005 15006 15007 +334 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,385 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,421 / mo
    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-2E · $2,640/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,051/mo · $36,612/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$411+$4,932/yr · like +$6,323 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,564 / month
    Westchester County$6,564
    Gainesville$2,676
    Coos Bay$2,670
    College Station$2,667
    Elizabeth City$2,655
    Pittsburgh$2,640
    El Centro$2,634
    Volusia County$2,622
    Wilmington$2,619
    County Cost Group 810$2,607
    Anniston$1,671

    Pittsburgh is #153 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,893 a month — $58,716 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-3E here adds $183 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 Westchester County at O-2E is worth $3,924 a month — about 21 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $183 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 9% 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. $2,640 a month of BAH takes more than $2,640 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.