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
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    Dependents
    With $2,289Without $2,031

    E-9 at Baton Rouge draws $2,289 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,031 without

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    Baton Rouge, LA
    E-9 · with dependents
    $2,289/ month
    $27,468 / year
    At E-9, this is #238 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,882 · low Anniston $1,755
    MHA LA114 · ZIPs 70346 70449 70462 70704 70706 70707 +67 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,935 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,031 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Baton Rouge — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareBaton Rouge · E-9 · $2,289/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,165/mo · $37,980/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$876+$10,512/yr · like +$13,477 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-9 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,882 / month
    Westchester County$6,882
    Columbia$2,310
    Lexington$2,304
    Pensacola$2,304
    Seymour Johnson AFB$2,295
    Baton Rouge$2,289
    Fort Wayne$2,289
    Huntsville$2,286
    Mobile$2,286
    Robins AFB$2,283
    Anniston$1,755

    Baton Rouge is #238 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,127 a month — $61,524 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

    Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 13% 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. $2,289 a month of BAH takes more than $2,289 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.