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State College BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA PA252

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E-7 · With dependents
$2,388per month

$28,656 per year · federal tax-free allowance

Official DoD / DTMO rate · CONUS BAH, not an estimate

National position #178 of 338E-7 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$3,062/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$174/mo · +7.9%2025 $2,214 → 2026 $2,388
E-7 rate selectedMHA PA252 ZIPs 16677 16801 16802 16803 16804 16805 +25
PCS compare State College · E-7 · with dep. · $2,388/mo
State College $2,388/mo · $28,656/yr
CURRENT

Pick a station below to see what the move is worth a year, before tax. Orders rarely arrive as one option — add several and rank them.

Comparison uses with-dependents rates. Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

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Rate history

How updates work
2025$2,214
2026$2,388

Verified official history. With-dependents rate shown; use the dependency switch above for its exact comparison.

State College — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

E-7 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,832 / month
Westchester County $5,832
Cleveland $2,442
Hampton $2,439
New Orleans $2,439
Durham $2,436
Battle Creek $2,424
Grand Rapids $2,424
Myrtle Beach $2,418
Ocala $2,409
Fargo $2,400
Coos Bay $2,391
State College $2,388
Columbus $2,364
County Cost Group 800 $2,364
Duluth $2,355
Albuquerque $2,352
Eastern Shore $2,346
Raleigh $2,343
Lemoore NAS $2,337
Memphis $2,337
Provo $2,337
Eastern Panhandle $2,334
Youngstown $1,491

State College is #178 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,341 a month — $52,092 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at State College0 – $3,228 / month
E-1 $1,656
E-2 $1,656
E-3 $1,656
E-4 $1,656
E-5 $1,791
E-6 $2,274
E-7 $2,388
E-8 $2,508
E-9 $2,679
W-1 $2,295
W-2 $2,436
W-3 $2,583
W-4 $2,715
W-5 $2,877
O-1E $2,406
O-2E $2,562
O-3E $2,739
O-1 $1,854
O-2 $2,271
O-3 $2,580
O-4 $2,928
O-5 $3,180
O-6 $3,207
O-7 $3,228

The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Moving from State College to Westchester County at E-7 is worth $3,444 a month — about 29 promotions at this grade. Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.

What the rate table does not 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.

Source: DoD Defense Travel Management Office, effective 01 JAN 2026. How these rates are sourced and checked.

Source record

Where these numbers come from

Official fields remain unchanged. Years are aligned by DTMO's MHA code; no missing value is interpolated.

2026 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2026-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-05
Last verified
2026-09-07
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2025 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2025-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Last verified
2026-09-07
SHA-256
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