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 with dependents at County Cost Group 840 draws $2,844 per month in 2026

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    County Cost Group 840
    E-8 · with dependents
    $2,844/ month
    $34,128 / year
    At E-8, this is #113 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,333 · low Anniston $1,638
    MHA ZZ840 · ZIPs 23002 23005 23009 23011 23014 23015 +189 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,646 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,394 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    County Cost Group 840 — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,166$1,701
    E-2$2,166$1,701
    E-3$2,166$1,701
    E-4$2,166$1,701
    E-5$2,322$1,896
    E-6$2,655$2,022
    E-7$2,745$2,169
    E-8$2,844$2,394
    E-9$2,997$2,487
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,673$2,124
    W-2$2,787$2,391
    W-3$2,910$2,499
    W-4$3,030$2,670
    W-5$3,180$2,766
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,760$2,319
    O-2E$2,889$2,463
    O-3E$3,051$2,646
    Officer
    O-1$2,367$2,007
    O-2$2,652$2,274
    O-3$2,907$2,532
    O-4$3,225$2,745
    O-5$3,459$2,796
    O-6$3,486$2,886
    O-7$3,510$2,937
    PCS compareCounty Cost Group 840 · E-8 · $2,844/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,991/mo · $35,892/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$147+$1,764/yr · like +$2,262 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
    Westchester County$6,333
    Minneapolis$2,877
    Allentown$2,874
    Abilene$2,853
    Beaufort$2,844
    County Cost Group 840$2,844
    Knoxville$2,844
    Rome$2,844
    Dallas$2,838
    Coastal Maine$2,826
    Anniston$1,638

    County Cost Group 840 is #113 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 8400 – $3,510 / month
    E-1$2,166
    E-2$2,166
    E-3$2,166
    E-4$2,166
    E-5$2,322
    E-6$2,655
    E-7$2,745
    E-8$2,844
    E-9$2,997
    W-1$2,673
    W-2$2,787
    W-3$2,910
    W-4$3,030
    W-5$3,180
    O-1E$2,760
    O-2E$2,889
    O-3E$3,051
    O-1$2,367
    O-2$2,652
    O-3$2,907
    O-4$3,225
    O-5$3,459
    O-6$3,486
    O-7$3,510

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $153 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 840 to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $3,489 a month — about 23 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $153 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 19% 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. $2,844 a month of BAH takes more than $2,844 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.