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.

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    Dependents

    O-1 without dependents at Port Angeles draws $1,869 per month in 2026

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    Port Angeles, WA
    O-1 · without dependents
    $1,869/ month
    $22,428 / year
    At O-1, this is #143 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,074
    MHA WA308 · ZIPs 98305 98324 98325 98326 98331 98339 +11 more
    Your grade is calledARMY2LTUSMC2ndLtNAVYENSUSAF2d Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,396 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,493 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Port Angeles — full sheetTap a row
    PCS comparePort Angeles · O-1 · $1,869/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,055/mo · $24,660/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$186+$2,232/yr · like +$2,862 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-1 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    Hampton$1,884
    Fairbanks$1,881
    Myrtle Beach$1,875
    Durham$1,869
    Port Angeles$1,869
    County Cost Group 820$1,866
    Eastern Shore$1,854
    Fort Collins$1,851
    Austin$1,848
    Youngstown$1,074

    Port Angeles is #143 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,993 a month — $47,916 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Port Angeles0 – $3,114 / month
    E-1$1,671
    E-2$1,671
    E-3$1,671
    E-4$1,671
    E-5$1,827
    E-6$2,145
    E-7$2,205
    E-8$2,526
    E-9$2,646
    W-1$2,160
    W-2$2,523
    W-3$2,664
    W-4$2,874
    W-5$2,958
    O-1E$2,433
    O-2E$2,619
    O-3E$2,853
    O-1$1,869
    O-2$2,340
    O-3$2,706
    O-4$2,940
    O-5$2,982
    O-6$3,060
    O-7$3,114

    Promoting to O-2 here adds $471 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 Port Angeles to New York City at O-1 is worth $3,198 a month — about 7 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $471 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $1,869 a month of BAH takes more than $1,869 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.