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Portsmouth BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA NH194

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O-2E · With dependents
$4,419per month

$53,028 per year · federal tax-free allowance

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

National position #20 of 338O-2E · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$5,665/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$192/mo · +4.5%2025 $4,227 → 2026 $4,419
O-2E rate selectedMHA NH194 ZIPs 03032 03034 03036 03037 03038 03040 +100
PCS compare Portsmouth · O-2E · with dep. · $4,419/mo
Portsmouth $4,419/mo · $53,028/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$4,227
2026$4,419

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

Portsmouth — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

O-2E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,564 / month
Westchester County $6,564
Martha's Vineyard $5,001
Florida Keys $4,827
Monterey $4,773
Hanscom AFB $4,752
Camp Pendleton $4,644
Kauai County $4,638
Staten Island $4,533
San Diego $4,506
Los Angeles $4,503
Essex CO $4,488
Portsmouth $4,419
Honolulu County $4,398
Miami $4,398
Cape Cod-Plymouth $4,395
West Point $4,362
Oakland $4,344
Trenton $4,338
Fort Monmouth $4,314
Perth Amboy $4,227
Portland $4,221
San Luis Obispo $4,200
Anniston $1,671

Portsmouth is #20 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 Portsmouth0 – $5,445 / month
E-1 $3,099
E-2 $3,099
E-3 $3,099
E-4 $3,099
E-5 $3,321
E-6 $3,690
E-7 $3,975
E-8 $4,278
E-9 $4,617
W-1 $3,717
W-2 $4,098
W-3 $4,476
W-4 $4,668
W-5 $4,905
O-1E $4,032
O-2E $4,419
O-3E $4,704
O-1 $3,372
O-2 $3,687
O-3 $4,461
O-4 $4,983
O-5 $5,355
O-6 $5,400
O-7 $5,445

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

Moving from Portsmouth to Westchester County at O-2E is worth $2,145 a month — about 8 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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