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-1E without dependents at West Palm Beach draws $3,420 per month in 2026

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    West Palm Beach, FL
    O-1E · without dependents
    $3,420/ month
    $41,040 / year
    At O-1E, this is #30 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,124 · low Youngstown $1,188
    MHA FL067 · ZIPs 33401 33402 33403 33404 33405 33406 +60 more
    Your grade is calledARMY2LTUSMC2ndLtNAVYENSUSAF2d Lt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,385 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,765 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    West Palm Beach — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$3,189$2,409
    E-2$3,189$2,409
    E-3$3,189$2,409
    E-4$3,189$2,409
    E-5$3,423$2,763
    E-6$3,606$2,976
    E-7$3,738$3,198
    E-8$3,885$3,465
    E-9$4,110$3,510
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,624$3,117
    W-2$3,798$3,462
    W-3$3,981$3,519
    W-4$4,155$3,630
    W-5$4,371$3,771
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,765$3,420
    O-2E$3,954$3,498
    O-3E$4,191$3,594
    Officer
    O-1$3,453$2,952
    O-2$3,603$3,348
    O-3$3,975$3,534
    O-4$4,443$3,741
    O-5$4,782$3,822
    O-6$4,824$3,960
    O-7$4,860$4,029
    PCS compareWest Palm Beach · O-1E · $3,420/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,475/mo · $29,700/yr
    ▼ CUT−$945−$11,340/yr · like −$14,538 of salary

    What this rate means

    O-1E without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,124 / month
    San Francisco$5,124
    West Point$3,465
    Monterey$3,462
    Trenton$3,462
    Chicago$3,435
    West Palm Beach$3,420
    Perth Amboy$3,390
    Vallejo$3,366
    Riverside$3,348
    Vandenberg SFB$3,330
    Youngstown$1,188

    West Palm Beach is #30 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,936 a month — $47,232 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at West Palm Beach0 – $4,029 / month
    E-1$2,409
    E-2$2,409
    E-3$2,409
    E-4$2,409
    E-5$2,763
    E-6$2,976
    E-7$3,198
    E-8$3,465
    E-9$3,510
    W-1$3,117
    W-2$3,462
    W-3$3,519
    W-4$3,630
    W-5$3,771
    O-1E$3,420
    O-2E$3,498
    O-3E$3,594
    O-1$2,952
    O-2$3,348
    O-3$3,534
    O-4$3,741
    O-5$3,822
    O-6$3,960
    O-7$4,029

    Promoting to O-2E here adds $78 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 West Palm Beach to San Francisco at O-1E is worth $1,704 a month — about 22 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $78 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 10% 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. $3,420 a month of BAH takes more than $3,420 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.