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 $1,770Without $1,398

    E-8 at County Cost Group 520 draws $1,770 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,398 without

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    County Cost Group 520
    E-8 · with dependents
    $1,770/ month
    $21,240 / year
    At E-8, this is #330 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,333 · low Anniston $1,638
    MHA ZZ520 · ZIPs 27551 27563 27570 27586 27589 27594 +173 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,269 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,398 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 520 — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,233$999
    E-2$1,233$999
    E-3$1,233$999
    E-4$1,233$999
    E-5$1,332$1,077
    E-6$1,629$1,221
    E-7$1,695$1,272
    E-8$1,770$1,398
    E-9$1,875$1,479
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,647$1,236
    W-2$1,725$1,395
    W-3$1,818$1,491
    W-4$1,899$1,638
    W-5$2,001$1,710
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,707$1,329
    O-2E$1,803$1,461
    O-3E$1,914$1,620
    Officer
    O-1$1,377$1,131
    O-2$1,626$1,305
    O-3$1,815$1,518
    O-4$2,031$1,692
    O-5$2,190$1,731
    O-6$2,205$1,794
    O-7$2,217$1,824
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 520 · E-8 · $1,770/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,991/mo · $35,892/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,221+$14,652/yr · like +$18,785 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
    Westchester County$6,333
    County Cost Group 550$1,788
    County Cost Group 540$1,782
    Hattiesburg$1,782
    County Cost Group 530$1,773
    County Cost Group 520$1,770
    Altus AFB$1,767
    County Cost Group 510$1,764
    Vance AFB$1,743
    Stevens Point$1,740
    Anniston$1,638

    County Cost Group 520 is #330 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 County Cost Group 5200 – $2,217 / month
    E-1$1,233
    E-2$1,233
    E-3$1,233
    E-4$1,233
    E-5$1,332
    E-6$1,629
    E-7$1,695
    E-8$1,770
    E-9$1,875
    W-1$1,647
    W-2$1,725
    W-3$1,818
    W-4$1,899
    W-5$2,001
    O-1E$1,707
    O-2E$1,803
    O-3E$1,914
    O-1$1,377
    O-2$1,626
    O-3$1,815
    O-4$2,031
    O-5$2,190
    O-6$2,205
    O-7$2,217

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $105 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 County Cost Group 520 to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $4,563 a month — about 43 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $105 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 27% 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. $1,770 a month of BAH takes more than $1,770 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.