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

    E-3 without dependents at Portsmouth draws $2,367 per month in 2026

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    Portsmouth, NH/Kittery, ME
    E-3 · without dependents
    $2,367/ month
    $28,404 / year
    At E-3, this is #38 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,833 · low Fort Chaffee $879
    MHA NH194 · ZIPs 03032 03034 03036 03037 03038 03040 +100 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,035 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,099 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Portsmouth — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$3,099$2,367
    E-2$3,099$2,367
    E-3$3,099$2,367
    E-4$3,099$2,367
    E-5$3,321$2,700
    E-6$3,690$2,901
    E-7$3,975$3,108
    E-8$4,278$3,399
    E-9$4,617$3,504
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,717$3,033
    W-2$4,098$3,396
    W-3$4,476$3,519
    W-4$4,668$3,756
    W-5$4,905$4,044
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$4,032$3,318
    O-2E$4,419$3,480
    O-3E$4,704$3,684
    Officer
    O-1$3,372$2,877
    O-2$3,687$3,249
    O-3$4,461$3,555
    O-4$4,983$3,993
    O-5$5,355$4,167
    O-6$5,400$4,455
    O-7$5,445$4,536
    PCS comparePortsmouth · E-3 · $2,367/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,875/mo · $22,500/yr
    ▼ CUT−$492−$5,904/yr · like −$7,569 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,833 / month
    New York City$4,833
    Trenton$2,409
    Washington$2,409
    West Palm Beach$2,409
    Vandenberg SFB$2,397
    Portsmouth$2,367
    Riverside$2,364
    New Haven$2,361
    San Luis Obispo$2,358
    Portland$2,316
    Fort Chaffee$879

    Portsmouth is #38 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,954 a month — $47,448 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Portsmouth0 – $4,536 / month
    E-1$2,367
    E-2$2,367
    E-3$2,367
    E-4$2,367
    E-5$2,700
    E-6$2,901
    E-7$3,108
    E-8$3,399
    E-9$3,504
    W-1$3,033
    W-2$3,396
    W-3$3,519
    W-4$3,756
    W-5$4,044
    O-1E$3,318
    O-2E$3,480
    O-3E$3,684
    O-1$2,877
    O-2$3,249
    O-3$3,555
    O-4$3,993
    O-5$4,167
    O-6$4,455
    O-7$4,536

    Promoting to E-4 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 31% 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. $2,367 a month of BAH takes more than $2,367 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.