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Naval Support Unit Saratoga Springs BAH

Naval Support Unit Saratoga Springs is paid at BALLSTON SPA/ALBANY, NY, housing area NY215. An E-5 with dependents draws $2,634 a month there, tax free.

Why the names don't matchThe DoD sets one rate per housing area, not per base, and names the area after the civilian housing market it measures. Naval Support Unit Saratoga Springs sits inside BALLSTON SPA/ALBANY, NY, so that's the rate it pays.
Housing area: NY215Rank at E-5: 81 of 338vs national median: +28%

Every pay grade at Naval Support Unit Saratoga Springs

GradeWith dependentsWithoutA year, with deps
E-1$2,388$1,974$28,656
E-2$2,388$1,974$28,656
E-3$2,388$1,974$28,656
E-4$2,388$1,974$28,656
E-5$2,634$2,073$31,608
E-6$2,862$2,166$34,344
E-7$2,997$2,397$35,964
E-8$3,144$2,685$37,728
E-9$3,327$2,745$39,924
W-1$2,880$2,310$34,560
W-2$3,057$2,682$36,684
W-3$3,240$2,754$38,880
W-4$3,357$2,886$40,284
W-5$3,504$3,030$42,048
O-1E$3,021$2,631$36,252
O-2E$3,213$2,730$38,556
O-3E$3,381$2,850$40,572
O-1$2,670$2,139$32,040
O-2$2,859$2,556$34,308
O-3$3,234$2,775$38,808
O-4$3,549$3,000$42,588
O-5$3,777$3,081$45,324
O-6$3,807$3,219$45,684
O-7$3,834$3,276$46,008
O-8$3,834$3,276$46,008
O-9$3,834$3,276$46,008
O-10$3,834$3,276$46,008

These are the BALLSTON SPA/ALBANY, NY rates, rate year 2026. Every installation in the area draws the same figure. BAH-ASCII-2026.zip

Paid at the same rate

A move between any of these changes nothing about your housing allowance, because they all draw the same rate.

Moving here, or away

The comparison on the front page puts this rate against whichever station you're at now and shows what the move does to the money.