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 Altus AFB draws $1,326 per month in 2026

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    Altus AFB, OK
    E-8 · without dependents
    $1,326/ month
    $15,912 / year
    At E-8, this is #333 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,196 · low Youngstown $1,248
    MHA OK235 · ZIPs 73521 73522 73523 73526 73532 73537 +4 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,700 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,767 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Altus AFB — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,173$948
    E-2$1,173$948
    E-3$1,173$948
    E-4$1,173$948
    E-5$1,254$1,032
    E-6$1,563$1,170
    E-7$1,662$1,248
    E-8$1,767$1,326
    E-9$1,917$1,437
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,581$1,188
    W-2$1,704$1,320
    W-3$1,836$1,440
    W-4$1,947$1,581
    W-5$2,088$1,686
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,680$1,260
    O-2E$1,818$1,386
    O-3E$1,971$1,554
    Officer
    O-1$1,299$1,086
    O-2$1,560$1,251
    O-3$1,833$1,449
    O-4$2,130$1,662
    O-5$2,343$1,758
    O-6$2,358$1,815
    O-7$2,373$1,845
    PCS compareAltus AFB · E-8 · $1,326/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,538/mo · $30,456/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,212+$14,544/yr · like +$18,646 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,196 / month
    San Francisco$5,196
    County Cost Group 530$1,401
    County Cost Group 520$1,398
    County Cost Group 510$1,392
    Meridian$1,392
    Altus AFB$1,326
    Vance AFB$1,308
    Fort Sill$1,290
    Monroe$1,284
    Anniston$1,251
    Youngstown$1,248

    Altus AFB is #333 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 Altus AFB0 – $1,845 / month
    E-1$948
    E-2$948
    E-3$948
    E-4$948
    E-5$1,032
    E-6$1,170
    E-7$1,248
    E-8$1,326
    E-9$1,437
    W-1$1,188
    W-2$1,320
    W-3$1,440
    W-4$1,581
    W-5$1,686
    O-1E$1,260
    O-2E$1,386
    O-3E$1,554
    O-1$1,086
    O-2$1,251
    O-3$1,449
    O-4$1,662
    O-5$1,758
    O-6$1,815
    O-7$1,845

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $111 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 Altus AFB to San Francisco at E-8 is worth $3,870 a month — about 35 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $111 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. $1,326 a month of BAH takes more than $1,326 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.