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 $1,779Without $1,443

    E-1 at Tallahassee draws $1,779 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,443 without

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    Tallahassee, FL
    E-1 · with dependents
    $1,779/ month
    $21,348 / year
    At E-1, this is #196 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,067 · low Youngstown $1,134
    MHA FL065 · ZIPs 32301 32302 32303 32304 32305 32306 +24 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,281 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,443 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Tallahassee — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareTallahassee · E-1 · $1,779/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,268/mo · $27,216/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$489+$5,868/yr · like +$7,523 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,067 / month
    New York City$5,067
    Greenville$1,785
    Columbus$1,782
    Fort Wayne$1,782
    New Orleans$1,779
    Tallahassee$1,779
    Humboldt County$1,764
    Abilene$1,761
    Baton Rouge$1,761
    County Cost Group 790$1,761
    Youngstown$1,134

    Tallahassee is #196 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 Tallahassee0 – $3,144 / month
    E-1$1,779
    E-2$1,779
    E-3$1,779
    E-4$1,779
    E-5$1,824
    E-6$2,061
    E-7$2,250
    E-8$2,454
    E-9$2,670
    W-1$2,082
    W-2$2,334
    W-3$2,586
    W-4$2,700
    W-5$2,838
    O-1E$2,286
    O-2E$2,550
    O-3E$2,721
    O-1$1,860
    O-2$2,058
    O-3$2,580
    O-4$2,883
    O-5$3,099
    O-6$3,123
    O-7$3,144

    Promoting to E-2 here adds $0 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 23% 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. $1,779 a month of BAH takes more than $1,779 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.