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 $2,736Without $2,514

    O-2E at Savannah draws $2,736 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,514 without

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    Savannah, GA
    O-2E · with dependents
    $2,736/ month
    $32,832 / year
    At O-2E, this is #139 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,564 · low Anniston $1,671
    MHA GA077 · ZIPs 31302 31322 31328 31401 31402 31403 +16 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,508 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,514 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Savannah — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareSavannah · O-2E · $2,736/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,051/mo · $36,612/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$315+$3,780/yr · like +$4,846 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,564 / month
    Westchester County$6,564
    St. Louis$2,751
    Eugene$2,748
    Atlanta$2,742
    Rochester$2,739
    Savannah$2,736
    Barstow$2,730
    Salt Lake City$2,718
    County Cost Group 820$2,715
    Charleston$2,712
    Anniston$1,671

    Savannah is #139 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 Savannah0 – $3,297 / month
    E-1$2,235
    E-2$2,235
    E-3$2,235
    E-4$2,235
    E-5$2,415
    E-6$2,652
    E-7$2,685
    E-8$2,718
    E-9$2,823
    W-1$2,670
    W-2$2,697
    W-3$2,748
    W-4$2,853
    W-5$2,991
    O-1E$2,688
    O-2E$2,736
    O-3E$2,874
    O-1$2,451
    O-2$2,649
    O-3$2,745
    O-4$3,036
    O-5$3,249
    O-6$3,273
    O-7$3,297

    Promoting to O-3E here adds $138 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 Savannah to Westchester County at O-2E is worth $3,828 a month — about 28 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $138 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 9% 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. $2,736 a month of BAH takes more than $2,736 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.