The Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) tables are released between December 15 and January 1 every year. 2010 BAH rates were released by The Department of Defense in December 2009. The new 2010 BAH rates have been taken into effect from Jan. 1, 2010 and from this day military members will receive an average housing allowance increase of 2.5 %. You can check below 2010 BAH calculator to determine your BAH.
To know the housing allowances with or without dependents which is based upon their geographic location and zip code, Military BAH Rates Calculator is an easy to use tool for military community. The increment of 2010 BAH rate average is quite a bit lesser than the 2009 average rate increase of 6.9 % in many areas driven by lower rental costs. BAH can be used to pay for rent, mortgages and also your utilities.
Features of 2010 Basic Allowance for Housing calculator
- Calculate your gross monthly pay by rank, location or duty
- Check out how much your longevity increase will be
- See how much you will make at your next duty station
- Find out what your next promotion is worth
To give uniformed service members with permanent duty within the 50 United States accurate and equitable housing compensation based on housing costs in local civilian housing markets, and is payable when government quarters are not provided, are the intent of BAH. For Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA), a uniformed service member stationed overseas, including U.S. protectorates, who is not furnished government housing, is eligible.
“The Department of Defense says three components are included in the BAH computation: median current market rent; average utilities (including electricity, heat, and water/sewer); and average renter’s insurance.”
There are many websites that provide Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) calculator to calculate 2010 bah rates for military. It is very simple and quick to calculate BAH rates. You have to give only few details like Zip code, rank (pay grade), year, etc.
List of the websites that provide 2010 BAH calculator:
- Militaryforsaleforrent.com [link]
- Defensetravel.dod.mil [link]
- Military.com [link]
- Bah-rates.com [link]
- Stripes.com [link]
View the 2010 BAH Rate tables: (Both in pdf version)
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