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

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

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    Alexandria, LA
    E-8 · without dependents
    $1,413/ month
    $16,956 / year
    At E-8, this is #326 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,196 · low Youngstown $1,248
    MHA LA113 · ZIPs 71301 71302 71303 71306 71307 71309 +25 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,812 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,884 with dependents
    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 · $1,413/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,538/mo · $30,456/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,125+$13,500/yr · like +$17,308 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,196 / month
    San Francisco$5,196
    Lake Charles$1,419
    Cannon AFB$1,416
    County Cost Group 550$1,416
    Stevens Point$1,416
    Alexandria$1,413
    Albany$1,410
    County Cost Group 540$1,407
    County Cost Group 530$1,401
    County Cost Group 520$1,398
    Youngstown$1,248

    Alexandria is #326 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,948 a month — $47,376 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Alexandria0 – $1,962 / month
    E-1$1,089
    E-2$1,089
    E-3$1,089
    E-4$1,089
    E-5$1,161
    E-6$1,257
    E-7$1,335
    E-8$1,413
    E-9$1,530
    W-1$1,275
    W-2$1,368
    W-3$1,533
    W-4$1,698
    W-5$1,800
    O-1E$1,347
    O-2E$1,458
    O-3E$1,671
    O-1$1,212
    O-2$1,338
    O-3$1,536
    O-4$1,779
    O-5$1,872
    O-6$1,932
    O-7$1,962

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $117 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 San Francisco at E-8 is worth $3,783 a month — about 32 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $117 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. $1,413 a month of BAH takes more than $1,413 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.