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 Syracuse draws $2,382 per month in 2026

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    Syracuse, NY
    O-2 · with dependents
    $2,382/ month
    $28,584 / year
    At O-2, this is #166 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,451 · low Youngstown $1,332
    MHA NY223 · ZIPs 13020 13027 13028 13029 13030 13031 +80 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,054 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,995 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Syracuse — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,872$1,452
    E-2$1,872$1,452
    E-3$1,872$1,452
    E-4$1,872$1,452
    E-5$2,049$1,599
    E-6$2,385$1,788
    E-7$2,541$1,905
    E-8$2,709$2,121
    E-9$2,880$2,214
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,406$1,818
    W-2$2,610$2,118
    W-3$2,817$2,229
    W-4$2,901$2,418
    W-5$3,009$2,577
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,571$2,046
    O-2E$2,787$2,193
    O-3E$2,919$2,376
    Officer
    O-1$2,097$1,689
    O-2$2,382$1,995
    O-3$2,811$2,262
    O-4$3,039$2,547
    O-5$3,198$2,640
    O-6$3,225$2,796
    O-7$3,246$2,844
    PCS compareSyracuse · O-2 · $2,382/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,739/mo · $32,868/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$357+$4,284/yr · like +$5,492 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,451 / month
    San Francisco$5,451
    Durham$2,388
    Ocala$2,388
    College Station$2,385
    County Cost Group 810$2,385
    Syracuse$2,382
    Yakima$2,379
    Carlisle Barracks$2,373
    Omaha$2,373
    New Orleans$2,370
    Youngstown$1,332

    Syracuse is #166 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 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 O-3 here adds $429 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 Syracuse to San Francisco at O-2 is worth $3,069 a month — about 7 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $429 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 19% 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. $2,382 a month of BAH takes more than $2,382 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.