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
    With $1,884Without $1,413

    E-8 at Alexandria draws $1,884 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,413 without

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    Alexandria, LA
    E-8 · with dependents
    $1,884/ month
    $22,608 / year
    At E-8, this is #308 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,333 · low Anniston $1,638
    MHA LA113 · ZIPs 71301 71302 71303 71306 71307 71309 +25 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,415 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,413 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Alexandria — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,254$1,089
    E-2$1,254$1,089
    E-3$1,254$1,089
    E-4$1,254$1,089
    E-5$1,290$1,161
    E-6$1,677$1,257
    E-7$1,779$1,335
    E-8$1,884$1,413
    E-9$2,040$1,530
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,698$1,275
    W-2$1,821$1,368
    W-3$1,953$1,533
    W-4$2,073$1,698
    W-5$2,220$1,800
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,794$1,347
    O-2E$1,935$1,458
    O-3E$2,097$1,671
    Officer
    O-1$1,344$1,212
    O-2$1,674$1,338
    O-3$1,950$1,536
    O-4$2,268$1,779
    O-5$2,496$1,872
    O-6$2,514$1,932
    O-7$2,529$1,962
    PCS compareAlexandria · E-8 · $1,884/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,991/mo · $35,892/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,107+$13,284/yr · like +$17,031 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
    Westchester County$6,333
    Fort Chaffee$1,893
    Lake Charles$1,893
    County Cost Group 650$1,887
    Montgomery$1,887
    Alexandria$1,884
    Huntington$1,881
    County Cost Group 640$1,878
    Wichita$1,878
    County Cost Group 630$1,869
    Anniston$1,638

    Alexandria is #308 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 Alexandria0 – $2,529 / month
    E-1$1,254
    E-2$1,254
    E-3$1,254
    E-4$1,254
    E-5$1,290
    E-6$1,677
    E-7$1,779
    E-8$1,884
    E-9$2,040
    W-1$1,698
    W-2$1,821
    W-3$1,953
    W-4$2,073
    W-5$2,220
    O-1E$1,794
    O-2E$1,935
    O-3E$2,097
    O-1$1,344
    O-2$1,674
    O-3$1,950
    O-4$2,268
    O-5$2,496
    O-6$2,514
    O-7$2,529

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $156 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 Alexandria to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $4,449 a month — about 29 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $156 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $1,884 a month of BAH takes more than $1,884 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.