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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    Or type your rank
    Dependents
    With $4,554Without $4,038

    O-3 at Staten Island draws $4,554 per month with dependents in 2026, $4,038 without

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    Staten Island, NY
    O-3 · with dependents
    $4,554/ month
    $54,648 / year
    At O-3, this is #16 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,633 · low Anniston $1,686
    MHA NY413 · ZIPs 07002 10301 10302 10303 10304 10305 +9 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$5,838 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$4,038 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Staten Island — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareStaten Island · O-3 · $4,554/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,072/mo · $36,864/yr
    ▼ CUT$1,482−$17,784/yr · like −$22,800 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,633 / month
    Westchester County$6,633
    Monterey$4,824
    Hanscom AFB$4,770
    Kauai County$4,662
    Camp Pendleton$4,659
    Staten Island$4,554
    Essex CO$4,533
    Los Angeles$4,524
    San Diego$4,518
    Portsmouth$4,461
    Anniston$1,686

    Staten Island is #16 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,947 a month — $59,364 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Staten Island0 – $5,484 / month
    E-1$3,549
    E-2$3,549
    E-3$3,549
    E-4$3,549
    E-5$3,735
    E-6$4,215
    E-7$4,341
    E-8$4,473
    E-9$4,692
    W-1$4,236
    W-2$4,395
    W-3$4,560
    W-4$4,743
    W-5$4,968
    O-1E$4,362
    O-2E$4,533
    O-3E$4,776
    O-1$3,798
    O-2$4,209
    O-3$4,554
    O-4$5,043
    O-5$5,394
    O-6$5,442
    O-7$5,484

    Promoting to O-4 here adds $489 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 Staten Island to Westchester County at O-3 is worth $2,079 a month — about 4 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $489 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 13% 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. $4,554 a month of BAH takes more than $4,554 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.