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 $1,872Without $1,452

    E-3 at Syracuse draws $1,872 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,452 without

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    Syracuse, NY
    E-3 · with dependents
    $1,872/ month
    $22,464 / year
    At E-3, this is #179 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA NY223 · ZIPs 13020 13027 13028 13029 13030 13031 +80 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,400 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,452 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Syracuse — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareSyracuse · E-3 · $1,872/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$396+$4,752/yr · like +$6,092 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-3 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    Twenty Nine Palms MCB$1,896
    Barstow$1,890
    Omaha$1,887
    Salem$1,872
    Syracuse$1,872
    Chattanooga$1,863
    Kansas City$1,845
    Boise$1,842
    County Cost Group 800$1,827
    Youngstown$1,134

    Syracuse is #179 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,933 a month — $47,196 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Syracuse0 – $3,246 / month
    E-1$1,872
    E-2$1,872
    E-3$1,872
    E-4$1,872
    E-5$2,049
    E-6$2,385
    E-7$2,541
    E-8$2,709
    E-9$2,880
    W-1$2,406
    W-2$2,610
    W-3$2,817
    W-4$2,901
    W-5$3,009
    O-1E$2,571
    O-2E$2,787
    O-3E$2,919
    O-1$2,097
    O-2$2,382
    O-3$2,811
    O-4$3,039
    O-5$3,198
    O-6$3,225
    O-7$3,246

    Promoting to E-4 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 29% 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. $1,872 a month of BAH takes more than $1,872 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.