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 $3,291Without $2,667

    E-8 at Ann Arbor draws $3,291 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,667 without

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    Ann Arbor, MI
    E-8 · with dependents
    $3,291/ month
    $39,492 / year
    At E-8, this is #67 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,333 · low Anniston $1,638
    MHA MI155 · ZIPs 48103 48104 48105 48106 48107 48108 +15 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,219 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,667 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Ann Arbor — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,292$1,719
    E-2$2,292$1,719
    E-3$2,292$1,719
    E-4$2,292$1,719
    E-5$2,559$1,920
    E-6$3,078$2,310
    E-7$3,180$2,385
    E-8$3,291$2,667
    E-9$3,483$2,820
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,099$2,325
    W-2$3,225$2,664
    W-3$3,360$2,838
    W-4$3,528$3,099
    W-5$3,735$3,204
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,198$2,556
    O-2E$3,339$2,787
    O-3E$3,561$3,072
    Officer
    O-1$2,628$2,019
    O-2$3,075$2,472
    O-3$3,357$2,889
    O-4$3,804$3,180
    O-5$4,128$3,240
    O-6$4,161$3,339
    O-7$4,191$3,396
    PCS compareAnn Arbor · E-8 · $3,291/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,991/mo · $35,892/yr
    ▼ CUT−$300−$3,600/yr · like −$4,615 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
    Westchester County$6,333
    Annapolis$3,384
    Fort G. G. Meade$3,378
    Madison$3,297
    Austin$3,294
    Ann Arbor$3,291
    Hampden County$3,288
    Quantico$3,288
    New London$3,249
    JB Elmendorf-Richardson$3,240
    Anniston$1,638

    Ann Arbor is #67 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 Ann Arbor0 – $4,191 / month
    E-1$2,292
    E-2$2,292
    E-3$2,292
    E-4$2,292
    E-5$2,559
    E-6$3,078
    E-7$3,180
    E-8$3,291
    E-9$3,483
    W-1$3,099
    W-2$3,225
    W-3$3,360
    W-4$3,528
    W-5$3,735
    O-1E$3,198
    O-2E$3,339
    O-3E$3,561
    O-1$2,628
    O-2$3,075
    O-3$3,357
    O-4$3,804
    O-5$4,128
    O-6$4,161
    O-7$4,191

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $192 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 Ann Arbor to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $3,042 a month — about 16 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $192 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 23% 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. $3,291 a month of BAH takes more than $3,291 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.