What is E-8 BAH at Akron in 2026?

$1,962 per month with dependents ($23,544 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. Without dependents it is $1,653 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.

E-8 BAH at Akron 2026 — $1,962 with dependents, $1,653 without

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

Akron, OH

E-8 · with dependents

$1,962/ month

$23,544 / year

At E-8, this is #284 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,333 · low Anniston $1,638

MHA OH227 · ZIPs 44056 44067 44087 44201 44202 44203 +118 more

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,515 / mo gross

Without dependents here$1,653 / mo

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Akron — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,536	$1,197
E-2	$1,536	$1,197
E-3	$1,536	$1,197
E-4	$1,536	$1,197
E-5	$1,581	$1,383
E-6	$1,926	$1,494
E-7	$1,950	$1,539
E-8	$1,962	$1,653
E-9	$2,094	$1,752
Warrant officer
W-1	$1,947	$1,536
W-2	$1,956	$1,650
W-3	$1,980	$1,764
W-4	$2,136	$1,923
W-5	$2,337	$1,947
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$1,953	$1,578
O-2E	$1,971	$1,728
O-3E	$2,169	$1,920
Officer
O-1	$1,629	$1,491
O-2	$1,923	$1,569
O-3	$1,977	$1,797
O-4	$2,403	$1,935
O-5	$2,715	$2,037
O-6	$2,736	$2,052
O-7	$2,751	$2,064

What this rate means

E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month

Westchester County$6,333

County Cost Group 720$1,989

Moody AFB$1,980

County Cost Group 710$1,968

Little Rock$1,968

Akron$1,962

Springfield$1,962

Springfield$1,959

Terre Haute$1,959

Fort Leonard Wood$1,956

Anniston$1,638

Akron is #284 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,695 a month — $56,340 a year, untaxed.

Every pay grade at Akron0 – $2,751 / month

E-1$1,536

E-2$1,536

E-3$1,536

E-4$1,536

E-5$1,581

E-6$1,926

E-7$1,950

E-8$1,962

E-9$2,094

W-1$1,947

W-2$1,956

W-3$1,980

W-4$2,136

W-5$2,337

O-1E$1,953

O-2E$1,971

O-3E$2,169

O-1$1,629

O-2$1,923

O-3$1,977

O-4$2,403

O-5$2,715

O-6$2,736

O-7$2,751

Promoting to E-9 here adds $132 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 Akron to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $4,371 a month — about 33 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $132 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 19% 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. $1,962 a month of BAH takes more than $1,962 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.

E-8 at Akron draws $1,962 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,653 without

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you