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 $3,159Without $3,006

    E-8 at Beale AFB draws $3,159 per month with dependents in 2026, $3,006 without

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    Beale AFB, CA
    E-8 · with dependents
    $3,159/ month
    $37,908 / year
    At E-8, this is #79 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,333 · low Anniston $1,638
    MHA CA033 · ZIPs 95602 95603 95604 95648 95650 95658 +73 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,050 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$3,006 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Beale AFB — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,733$2,133
    E-2$2,733$2,133
    E-3$2,733$2,133
    E-4$2,733$2,133
    E-5$2,967$2,367
    E-6$3,132$2,523
    E-7$3,150$2,742
    E-8$3,159$3,006
    E-9$3,195$3,042
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,147$2,661
    W-2$3,156$3,003
    W-3$3,168$3,051
    W-4$3,216$3,123
    W-5$3,315$3,132
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,153$2,964
    O-2E$3,162$3,033
    O-3E$3,231$3,120
    Officer
    O-1$2,994$2,496
    O-2$3,129$2,892
    O-3$3,165$3,066
    O-4$3,342$3,126
    O-5$3,492$3,135
    O-6$3,522$3,138
    O-7$3,546$3,171
    PCS compareBeale AFB · E-8 · $3,159/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,991/mo · $35,892/yr
    ▼ CUT−$168−$2,016/yr · like −$2,585 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
    Westchester County$6,333
    Fort Detrick$3,207
    County Cost Group 870$3,204
    Eglin AFB$3,189
    Denver$3,168
    Beale AFB$3,159
    Cape May$3,159
    Ballston Spa$3,144
    Astoria$3,114
    Kodiak Island$3,096
    Anniston$1,638

    Beale AFB is #79 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 Beale AFB0 – $3,546 / month
    E-1$2,733
    E-2$2,733
    E-3$2,733
    E-4$2,733
    E-5$2,967
    E-6$3,132
    E-7$3,150
    E-8$3,159
    E-9$3,195
    W-1$3,147
    W-2$3,156
    W-3$3,168
    W-4$3,216
    W-5$3,315
    O-1E$3,153
    O-2E$3,162
    O-3E$3,231
    O-1$2,994
    O-2$3,129
    O-3$3,165
    O-4$3,342
    O-5$3,492
    O-6$3,522
    O-7$3,546

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $36 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 Beale AFB to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $3,174 a month — about 88 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $36 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 5% 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. $3,159 a month of BAH takes more than $3,159 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.