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 with dependents at Baton Rouge draws $2,223 per month in 2026

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    Baton Rouge, LA
    E-8 · with dependents
    $2,223/ month
    $26,676 / year
    At E-8, this is #229 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,333 · low Anniston $1,638
    MHA LA114 · ZIPs 70346 70449 70462 70704 70706 70707 +67 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,850 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,944 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Baton Rouge — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,761$1,410
    E-2$1,761$1,410
    E-3$1,761$1,410
    E-4$1,761$1,410
    E-5$1,875$1,557
    E-6$2,193$1,653
    E-7$2,214$1,764
    E-8$2,223$1,944
    E-9$2,289$2,031
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,211$1,734
    W-2$2,220$1,941
    W-3$2,232$2,046
    W-4$2,322$2,187
    W-5$2,472$2,196
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,217$1,872
    O-2E$2,226$2,013
    O-3E$2,346$2,184
    Officer
    O-1$1,920$1,644
    O-2$2,190$1,842
    O-3$2,229$2,076
    O-4$2,517$2,190
    O-5$2,748$2,199
    O-6$2,769$2,202
    O-7$2,787$2,217
    PCS compareBaton Rouge · E-8 · $2,223/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,991/mo · $35,892/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$768+$9,216/yr · like +$11,815 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
    Westchester County$6,333
    Lincoln$2,238
    County Cost Group 770$2,226
    Fort Gordon$2,226
    Fort Huachuca$2,226
    Baton Rouge$2,223
    Greensboro$2,220
    Shreveport$2,208
    Columbia$2,202
    Toledo$2,193
    Anniston$1,638

    Baton Rouge is #229 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 Baton Rouge0 – $2,787 / month
    E-1$1,761
    E-2$1,761
    E-3$1,761
    E-4$1,761
    E-5$1,875
    E-6$2,193
    E-7$2,214
    E-8$2,223
    E-9$2,289
    W-1$2,211
    W-2$2,220
    W-3$2,232
    W-4$2,322
    W-5$2,472
    O-1E$2,217
    O-2E$2,226
    O-3E$2,346
    O-1$1,920
    O-2$2,190
    O-3$2,229
    O-4$2,517
    O-5$2,748
    O-6$2,769
    O-7$2,787

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $66 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 Baton Rouge to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $4,110 a month — about 62 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $66 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 14% 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. $2,223 a month of BAH takes more than $2,223 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.