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
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    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

    O-3 without dependents at Salem draws $2,253 per month in 2026

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    Salem, OR
    O-3 · without dependents
    $2,253/ month
    $27,036 / year
    At O-3, this is #170 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,331 · low Youngstown $1,344
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,888 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,709 with dependents
    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-3 · $2,253/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,643/mo · $31,716/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$390+$4,680/yr · like +$6,000 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-3 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,331 / month
    San Francisco$5,331
    Cleveland$2,265
    Myrtle Beach$2,262
    Syracuse$2,262
    Memphis$2,253
    Salem$2,253
    Chattanooga$2,247
    Eastern Shore$2,238
    Gainesville$2,238
    Duluth$2,232
    Youngstown$1,344

    Salem is #170 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,987 a month — $47,844 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Salem0 – $2,736 / month
    E-1$1,455
    E-2$1,455
    E-3$1,455
    E-4$1,455
    E-5$1,635
    E-6$1,797
    E-7$1,884
    E-8$2,088
    E-9$2,199
    W-1$1,839
    W-2$2,085
    W-3$2,214
    W-4$2,421
    W-5$2,538
    O-1E$2,001
    O-2E$2,175
    O-3E$2,391
    O-1$1,740
    O-2$1,965
    O-3$2,253
    O-4$2,514
    O-5$2,580
    O-6$2,691
    O-7$2,736

    Promoting to O-4 here adds $261 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-3 is worth $3,078 a month — about 12 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $261 per grade here.

    02

    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. $2,253 a month of BAH takes more than $2,253 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.