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-2 with dependents at Port Angeles draws $2,856 per month in 2026

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    Port Angeles, WA
    O-2 · with dependents
    $2,856/ month
    $34,272 / year
    At O-2, this is #88 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,451 · low Youngstown $1,332
    MHA WA308 · ZIPs 98305 98324 98325 98326 98331 98339 +11 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,662 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,340 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Port Angeles — full sheetTap a row
    PCS comparePort Angeles · O-2 · $2,856/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,739/mo · $32,868/yr
    ▼ CUT$117−$1,404/yr · like −$1,800 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,451 / month
    San Francisco$5,451
    Ketchikan$2,883
    Kodiak Island$2,880
    Patrick SFB$2,880
    Ballston Spa$2,859
    Port Angeles$2,856
    Hampden County$2,847
    Allentown$2,835
    County Cost Group 860$2,826
    Fort Pierce$2,826
    Youngstown$1,332

    Port Angeles is #88 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 Port Angeles0 – $3,489 / month
    E-1$2,145
    E-2$2,145
    E-3$2,145
    E-4$2,145
    E-5$2,436
    E-6$2,859
    E-7$2,940
    E-8$3,027
    E-9$3,138
    W-1$2,880
    W-2$2,976
    W-3$3,084
    W-4$3,159
    W-5$3,258
    O-1E$2,955
    O-2E$3,066
    O-3E$3,174
    O-1$2,493
    O-2$2,856
    O-3$3,081
    O-4$3,285
    O-5$3,435
    O-6$3,462
    O-7$3,489

    Promoting to O-3 here adds $225 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 San Francisco at O-2 is worth $2,595 a month — about 12 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $225 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 22% 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. $2,856 a month of BAH takes more than $2,856 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.