What is O-2E BAH at Tallahassee in 2026?

$2,550 per month with dependents ($30,600 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. Without dependents it is $1,926 per month.

Does BAH count as taxable income?

No. BAH is excluded from federal taxable income, so a given BAH amount is worth more than the same figure in basic pay.

What happens if my BAH rate drops this year?

BAH rate protection holds you at the prior year's amount as long as your duty location, pay grade and dependency status stay the same. The lower rate applies to members arriving on new orders.

O-2E BAH at Tallahassee 2026 — $2,550 with dependents, $1,926 without

Basic Allowance for Housing by duty station, pay grade and dependency status. Official DoD rates, no login, no email.

Tallahassee, FL

O-2E · with dependents

$2,550/ month

$30,600 / year

At O-2E, this is #165 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,564 · low Anniston $1,671

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,269 / mo gross

Without dependents here$1,926 / mo

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Tallahassee — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,779	$1,443
E-2	$1,779	$1,443
E-3	$1,779	$1,443
E-4	$1,779	$1,443
E-5	$1,824	$1,626
E-6	$2,061	$1,734
E-7	$2,250	$1,782
E-8	$2,454	$1,878
E-9	$2,670	$2,004
Warrant officer
W-1	$2,082	$1,779
W-2	$2,334	$1,875
W-3	$2,586	$2,007
W-4	$2,700	$2,100
W-5	$2,838	$2,295
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$2,286	$1,821
O-2E	$2,550	$1,926
O-3E	$2,721	$2,052
Officer
O-1	$1,860	$1,731
O-2	$2,058	$1,815
O-3	$2,580	$2,010
O-4	$2,883	$2,259
O-5	$3,099	$2,376
O-6	$3,123	$2,565
O-7	$3,144	$2,610

What this rate means

O-2E with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,564 / month

Westchester County$6,564

Fort Carson$2,583

Birmingham$2,562

State College$2,562

Columbus$2,556

Tallahassee$2,550

Carlisle Barracks$2,547

Dahlonega$2,547

Grand Haven$2,547

New Orleans$2,541

Anniston$1,671

Tallahassee is #165 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,893 a month — $58,716 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 O-3E here adds $171 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Tallahassee to Westchester County at O-2E is worth $4,014 a month — about 23 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $171 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 32% 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.

None of it is taxed. $2,550 a month of BAH takes more than $2,550 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

Things the rate table doesn't tell you

“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.

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.

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.

O-2E at Tallahassee draws $2,550 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,926 without

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you