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 $2,493Without $2,232

    O-2 at Volusia County draws $2,493 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,232 without

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    Volusia County, FL
    O-2 · with dependents
    $2,493/ month
    $29,916 / year
    At O-2, this is #144 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,451 · low Youngstown $1,332
    MHA FL070 · ZIPs 32105 32110 32114 32115 32116 32117 +48 more
    Your grade is calledARMY1LTUSMC1stLtNAVYLTJGUSAF1st Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,196 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,232 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Volusia County — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareVolusia County · O-2 · $2,493/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,739/mo · $32,868/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$246+$2,952/yr · like +$3,785 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-2 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,451 / month
    San Francisco$5,451
    Houston$2,514
    Rochester$2,514
    Dahlonega$2,511
    Wilmington$2,496
    Volusia County$2,493
    Dover AFB$2,490
    County Cost Group 820$2,487
    Eugene$2,478
    Grand Haven$2,478
    Youngstown$1,332

    Volusia County is #144 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 Volusia County0 – $3,012 / month
    E-1$2,112
    E-2$2,112
    E-3$2,112
    E-4$2,112
    E-5$2,286
    E-6$2,496
    E-7$2,544
    E-8$2,598
    E-9$2,688
    W-1$2,511
    W-2$2,565
    W-3$2,637
    W-4$2,706
    W-5$2,802
    O-1E$2,550
    O-2E$2,622
    O-3E$2,721
    O-1$2,319
    O-2$2,493
    O-3$2,634
    O-4$2,826
    O-5$2,970
    O-6$2,991
    O-7$3,012

    Promoting to O-3 here adds $141 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 Volusia County to San Francisco at O-2 is worth $2,958 a month — about 21 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $141 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 12% 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. $2,493 a month of BAH takes more than $2,493 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.