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 $2,442Without $2,013

    O-7 at Springfield draws $2,442 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,013 without

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    Springfield/Decatur, IL
    O-7 · with dependents
    $2,442/ month
    $29,304 / year
    At O-7, this is #296 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $8,208 · low Youngstown $1,845
    MHA IL335 · ZIPs 61756 62501 62513 62514 62515 62520 +66 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,131 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,013 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Springfield — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareSpringfield · O-7 · $2,442/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,687/mo · $44,244/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,245+$14,940/yr · like +$19,154 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $8,208 / month
    Westchester County$8,208
    Wichita$2,478
    County Cost Group 710$2,454
    Goodfellow AFB$2,448
    Vance AFB$2,445
    Springfield$2,442
    County Cost Group 700$2,433
    County Cost Group 690$2,412
    Meridian$2,412
    Bismarck$2,409
    Youngstown$1,845

    Springfield is #296 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 Springfield0 – $2,442 / month
    E-1$1,356
    E-2$1,356
    E-3$1,356
    E-4$1,356
    E-5$1,527
    E-6$1,824
    E-7$1,887
    E-8$1,959
    E-9$2,070
    W-1$1,842
    W-2$1,917
    W-3$2,004
    W-4$2,094
    W-5$2,205
    O-1E$1,899
    O-2E$1,989
    O-3E$2,109
    O-1$1,572
    O-2$1,821
    O-3$2,001
    O-4$2,238
    O-5$2,412
    O-6$2,430
    O-7$2,442

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

    01

    Dependency status is worth 21% 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. $2,442 a month of BAH takes more than $2,442 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.