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Pittsburgh BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA PA250

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O-2E · With dependents
$2,640per month

$31,680 per year · federal tax-free allowance

Official DoD / DTMO rate · CONUS BAH, not an estimate

National position #153 of 338O-2E · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$3,385/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$27/mo · +1.0%2025 $2,613 → 2026 $2,640
O-2E rate selectedMHA PA250 ZIPs 15001 15003 15004 15005 15006 15007 +334
PCS compare Pittsburgh · O-2E · with dep. · $2,640/mo
Pittsburgh $2,640/mo · $31,680/yr
CURRENT

Pick a station below to see what the move is worth a year, before tax. Orders rarely arrive as one option — add several and rank them.

Comparison uses with-dependents rates. Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

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Rate history

How updates work
2025$2,613
2026$2,640

Verified official history. With-dependents rate shown; use the dependency switch above for its exact comparison.

Pittsburgh — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

O-2E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,564 / month
Westchester County $6,564
Charleston $2,712
Panama City $2,691
Houston $2,688
Salem $2,688
Norfolk $2,685
Yakima $2,682
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
Cincinnati $2,595
Fort Stewart $2,586
Omaha $2,586
Fort Carson $2,583
Birmingham $2,562
State College $2,562
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

The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Moving from Pittsburgh to Westchester County at O-2E is worth $3,924 a month — about 21 promotions at this grade. Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.

What the rate table does not 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.

Source: DoD Defense Travel Management Office, effective 01 JAN 2026. How these rates are sourced and checked.

Source record

Where these numbers come from

Official fields remain unchanged. Years are aligned by DTMO's MHA code; no missing value is interpolated.

2026 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2026-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-05
Last verified
2026-09-07
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2025 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2025-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Last verified
2026-09-07
SHA-256
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