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

    O-2 with dependents at State College draws $2,271 per month in 2026

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    State College, PA
    O-2 · with dependents
    $2,271/ month
    $27,252 / year
    At O-2, this is #186 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,451 · low Youngstown $1,332
    MHA PA252 · ZIPs 16677 16801 16802 16803 16804 16805 +25 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,912 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,794 without 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 · O-2 · $2,271/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,739/mo · $32,868/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$468+$5,616/yr · like +$7,200 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,451 / month
    San Francisco$5,451
    County Cost Group 800$2,280
    Boise$2,274
    Lemoore NAS$2,274
    Louisville$2,271
    State College$2,271
    Eastern Panhandle$2,250
    Jacksonville$2,238
    Columbus$2,235
    Rock Island$2,235
    Youngstown$1,332

    State College is #186 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,119 a month — $49,428 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

    Promoting to O-3 here adds $309 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 San Francisco at O-2 is worth $3,180 a month — about 10 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $309 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 27% 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. $2,271 a month of BAH takes more than $2,271 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.