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
    WithWithout

    E-8 without dependents at County Cost Group 600 draws $1,470 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 600
    E-8 · without dependents
    $1,470/ month
    $17,640 / year
    At E-8, this is #312 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,196 · low Youngstown $1,248
    MHA ZZ600 · ZIPs 15832 15834 15861 16301 16317 16319 +602 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,885 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,845 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 600 — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,302$1,050
    E-2$1,302$1,050
    E-3$1,302$1,050
    E-4$1,302$1,050
    E-5$1,404$1,137
    E-6$1,704$1,275
    E-7$1,773$1,329
    E-8$1,845$1,470
    E-9$1,956$1,551
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,722$1,293
    W-2$1,803$1,467
    W-3$1,896$1,563
    W-4$1,980$1,713
    W-5$2,088$1,788
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,782$1,401
    O-2E$1,881$1,533
    O-3E$1,998$1,695
    Officer
    O-1$1,446$1,194
    O-2$1,701$1,374
    O-3$1,893$1,593
    O-4$2,118$1,767
    O-5$2,280$1,806
    O-6$2,298$1,875
    O-7$2,310$1,902
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 600 · E-8 · $1,470/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,538/mo · $30,456/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$1,068+$12,816/yr · like +$16,431 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,196 / month
    San Francisco$5,196
    Springfield$1,488
    County Cost Group 620$1,485
    Charleston$1,479
    County Cost Group 610$1,476
    County Cost Group 600$1,470
    County Cost Group 590$1,458
    County Cost Group 580$1,446
    Wichita$1,443
    County Cost Group 570$1,434
    Youngstown$1,248

    County Cost Group 600 is #312 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,948 a month — $47,376 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at County Cost Group 6000 – $1,902 / month
    E-1$1,050
    E-2$1,050
    E-3$1,050
    E-4$1,050
    E-5$1,137
    E-6$1,275
    E-7$1,329
    E-8$1,470
    E-9$1,551
    W-1$1,293
    W-2$1,467
    W-3$1,563
    W-4$1,713
    W-5$1,788
    O-1E$1,401
    O-2E$1,533
    O-3E$1,695
    O-1$1,194
    O-2$1,374
    O-3$1,593
    O-4$1,767
    O-5$1,806
    O-6$1,875
    O-7$1,902

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $81 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 600 to San Francisco at E-8 is worth $3,726 a month — about 46 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $81 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 26% 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. $1,470 a month of BAH takes more than $1,470 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.