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
    WithWithout

    E-6 without dependents at State College draws $1,707 per month in 2026

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    State College, PA
    E-6 · without dependents
    $1,707/ month
    $20,484 / year
    At E-6, this is #199 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,070 · low Youngstown $1,077
    MHA PA252 · ZIPs 16677 16801 16802 16803 16804 16805 +25 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSSGUSMCSSgtNAVYPO1USAFTSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,188 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,274 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    State College — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,656$1,329
    E-2$1,656$1,329
    E-3$1,656$1,329
    E-4$1,656$1,329
    E-5$1,791$1,443
    E-6$2,274$1,707
    E-7$2,388$1,791
    E-8$2,508$1,893
    E-9$2,679$2,034
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,295$1,722
    W-2$2,436$1,890
    W-3$2,583$2,052
    W-4$2,715$2,298
    W-5$2,877$2,412
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,406$1,806
    O-2E$2,562$2,001
    O-3E$2,739$2,268
    Officer
    O-1$1,854$1,515
    O-2$2,271$1,794
    O-3$2,580$2,097
    O-4$2,928$2,388
    O-5$3,180$2,454
    O-6$3,207$2,562
    O-7$3,228$2,607
    PCS compareState College · E-6 · $1,707/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,076/mo · $24,912/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$369+$4,428/yr · like +$5,677 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-6 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,070 / month
    New York City$5,070
    Jackson$1,722
    Pensacola$1,722
    Kansas City$1,713
    County Cost Group 800$1,710
    State College$1,707
    Louisville$1,704
    Columbus$1,692
    Rock Island$1,680
    Fort Campbell$1,671
    Youngstown$1,077

    State College is #199 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,993 a month — $47,916 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at State College0 – $2,607 / month
    E-1$1,329
    E-2$1,329
    E-3$1,329
    E-4$1,329
    E-5$1,443
    E-6$1,707
    E-7$1,791
    E-8$1,893
    E-9$2,034
    W-1$1,722
    W-2$1,890
    W-3$2,052
    W-4$2,298
    W-5$2,412
    O-1E$1,806
    O-2E$2,001
    O-3E$2,268
    O-1$1,515
    O-2$1,794
    O-3$2,097
    O-4$2,388
    O-5$2,454
    O-6$2,562
    O-7$2,607

    Promoting to E-7 here adds $84 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 State College to New York City at E-6 is worth $3,363 a month — about 40 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $84 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $1,707 a month of BAH takes more than $1,707 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.