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 $2,583Without $1,938

    E-8 at Coos Bay draws $2,583 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,938 without

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    Coos Bay, OR
    E-8 · with dependents
    $2,583/ month
    $30,996 / year
    At E-8, this is #156 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,333 · low Anniston $1,638
    MHA OR242 · ZIPs 97407 97410 97411 97414 97416 97417 +29 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,312 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,938 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Coos Bay — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,635$1,341
    E-2$1,635$1,341
    E-3$1,635$1,341
    E-4$1,635$1,341
    E-5$1,779$1,428
    E-6$2,214$1,662
    E-7$2,391$1,794
    E-8$2,583$1,938
    E-9$2,772$2,079
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,238$1,680
    W-2$2,469$1,869
    W-3$2,706$2,082
    W-4$2,796$2,253
    W-5$2,910$2,433
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,427$1,821
    O-2E$2,670$2,004
    O-3E$2,814$2,208
    Officer
    O-1$1,839$1,488
    O-2$2,211$1,797
    O-3$2,697$2,085
    O-4$2,943$2,400
    O-5$3,117$2,508
    O-6$3,141$2,685
    O-7$3,162$2,730
    PCS compareCoos Bay · E-8 · $2,583/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,991/mo · $35,892/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$408+$4,896/yr · like +$6,277 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
    Westchester County$6,333
    Gainesville$2,613
    Volusia County$2,598
    Wilmington$2,595
    Cincinnati$2,583
    Coos Bay$2,583
    County Cost Group 810$2,565
    Birmingham$2,559
    Fort Stewart$2,556
    Fort Carson$2,553
    Anniston$1,638

    Coos Bay is #156 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 Coos Bay0 – $3,162 / month
    E-1$1,635
    E-2$1,635
    E-3$1,635
    E-4$1,635
    E-5$1,779
    E-6$2,214
    E-7$2,391
    E-8$2,583
    E-9$2,772
    W-1$2,238
    W-2$2,469
    W-3$2,706
    W-4$2,796
    W-5$2,910
    O-1E$2,427
    O-2E$2,670
    O-3E$2,814
    O-1$1,839
    O-2$2,211
    O-3$2,697
    O-4$2,943
    O-5$3,117
    O-6$3,141
    O-7$3,162

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $189 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 Coos Bay to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $3,750 a month — about 20 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $189 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. $2,583 a month of BAH takes more than $2,583 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.