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 $2,391Without $1,794

    W-1 at Battle Creek draws $2,391 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,794 without

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    Battle Creek/Kalamazoo, MI
    W-1 · with dependents
    $2,391/ month
    $28,692 / year
    At W-1, this is #171 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,472 · low Youngstown $1,350
    MHA MI152 · ZIPs 49001 49002 49003 49004 49005 49006 +33 more
    Your grade is calledARMYWO1USMCWONAVYWO1
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,065 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,794 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Battle Creek — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,698$1,275
    E-2$1,698$1,275
    E-3$1,698$1,275
    E-4$1,698$1,275
    E-5$1,959$1,470
    E-6$2,370$1,779
    E-7$2,424$1,818
    E-8$2,478$2,046
    E-9$2,589$2,163
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,391$1,794
    W-2$2,445$2,043
    W-3$2,517$2,181
    W-4$2,616$2,379
    W-5$2,742$2,436
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,430$1,956
    O-2E$2,505$2,136
    O-3E$2,634$2,364
    Officer
    O-1$2,013$1,509
    O-2$2,367$1,875
    O-3$2,514$2,220
    O-4$2,781$2,418
    O-5$2,973$2,445
    O-6$2,997$2,493
    O-7$3,015$2,535
    PCS compareBattle Creek · W-1 · $2,391/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,760/mo · $33,120/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$369+$4,428/yr · like +$5,677 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-1 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,472 / month
    San Francisco$5,472
    Yakima$2,403
    Carlisle Barracks$2,394
    New Orleans$2,394
    Omaha$2,394
    Battle Creek$2,391
    Myrtle Beach$2,379
    Salt Lake City$2,376
    Gainesville$2,373
    Fargo$2,358
    Youngstown$1,350

    Battle Creek is #171 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,122 a month — $49,464 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Battle Creek0 – $3,015 / month
    E-1$1,698
    E-2$1,698
    E-3$1,698
    E-4$1,698
    E-5$1,959
    E-6$2,370
    E-7$2,424
    E-8$2,478
    E-9$2,589
    W-1$2,391
    W-2$2,445
    W-3$2,517
    W-4$2,616
    W-5$2,742
    O-1E$2,430
    O-2E$2,505
    O-3E$2,634
    O-1$2,013
    O-2$2,367
    O-3$2,514
    O-4$2,781
    O-5$2,973
    O-6$2,997
    O-7$3,015

    Promoting to W-2 here adds $54 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 Battle Creek to San Francisco at W-1 is worth $3,081 a month — about 57 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $54 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. $2,391 a month of BAH takes more than $2,391 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.