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
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    Dependents
    With $5,445Without $4,536

    O-7 at Portsmouth draws $5,445 per month with dependents in 2026, $4,536 without

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    Portsmouth, NH/Kittery, ME
    O-7 · with dependents
    $5,445/ month
    $65,340 / year
    At O-7, this is #22 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $8,208 · low Youngstown $1,845
    MHA NH194 · ZIPs 03032 03034 03036 03037 03038 03040 +100 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$6,981 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$4,536 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Portsmouth — full sheetTap a row
    PCS comparePortsmouth · O-7 · $5,445/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,687/mo · $44,244/yr
    ▼ CUT$1,758−$21,096/yr · like −$27,046 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $8,208 / month
    Westchester County$8,208
    Los Angeles$5,526
    San Luis Obispo$5,520
    Camp Pendleton$5,484
    Staten Island$5,484
    Portsmouth$5,445
    Trenton$5,424
    West Point$5,340
    Portland$5,322
    Cape Cod-Plymouth$5,283
    Youngstown$1,845

    Portsmouth is #22 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $6,363 a month — $76,356 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

    Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 20% 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. $5,445 a month of BAH takes more than $5,445 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.