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
    With $2,394Without $1,965

    O-2 at Salem draws $2,394 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,965 without

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    Salem, OR
    O-2 · with dependents
    $2,394/ month
    $28,728 / year
    At O-2, this is #161 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,451 · low Youngstown $1,332
    MHA OR244 · ZIPs 97002 97020 97026 97032 97071 97137 +27 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,069 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,965 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Salem — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,872$1,455
    E-2$1,872$1,455
    E-3$1,872$1,455
    E-4$1,872$1,455
    E-5$2,004$1,635
    E-6$2,397$1,797
    E-7$2,511$1,884
    E-8$2,634$2,088
    E-9$2,796$2,199
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,418$1,839
    W-2$2,562$2,085
    W-3$2,712$2,214
    W-4$2,826$2,421
    W-5$2,967$2,538
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,532$2,001
    O-2E$2,688$2,175
    O-3E$2,847$2,391
    Officer
    O-1$2,058$1,740
    O-2$2,394$1,965
    O-3$2,709$2,253
    O-4$3,009$2,514
    O-5$3,228$2,580
    O-6$3,252$2,691
    O-7$3,276$2,736
    PCS compareSalem · O-2 · $2,394/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,739/mo · $32,868/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$345+$4,140/yr · like +$5,308 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,451 / month
    San Francisco$5,451
    Hampton$2,418
    Cleveland$2,415
    Grand Rapids$2,400
    Chattanooga$2,394
    Salem$2,394
    Durham$2,388
    Ocala$2,388
    College Station$2,385
    County Cost Group 810$2,385
    Youngstown$1,332

    Salem is #161 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 Salem0 – $3,276 / month
    E-1$1,872
    E-2$1,872
    E-3$1,872
    E-4$1,872
    E-5$2,004
    E-6$2,397
    E-7$2,511
    E-8$2,634
    E-9$2,796
    W-1$2,418
    W-2$2,562
    W-3$2,712
    W-4$2,826
    W-5$2,967
    O-1E$2,532
    O-2E$2,688
    O-3E$2,847
    O-1$2,058
    O-2$2,394
    O-3$2,709
    O-4$3,009
    O-5$3,228
    O-6$3,252
    O-7$3,276

    Promoting to O-3 here adds $315 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 Salem to San Francisco at O-2 is worth $3,057 a month — about 10 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $315 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. $2,394 a month of BAH takes more than $2,394 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.