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Dover AFB BAH rates

Verified · Effective 2026-01-01 · MHA DE054

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E-8 · With dependents
$2,916per month

$34,992 per year · federal tax-free allowance

Official DoD / DTMO rate · CONUS BAH, not an estimate

National position #106 of 338E-8 · with dependents reference
Taxable-pay equivalent$3,738/mo Using the stated 22% comparison rate
Year-over-year change+$147/mo · +5.3%2025 $2,769 → 2026 $2,916
E-8 rate selectedMHA DE054 ZIPs 19901 19902 19903 19904 19905 19906 +38
PCS compare Dover AFB · E-8 · with dep. · $2,916/mo
Dover AFB $2,916/mo · $34,992/yr
CURRENT

Pick a station below to see what the move is worth a year, before tax. Orders rarely arrive as one option — add several and rank them.

Comparison uses with-dependents rates. Differences are annual and untaxed. Rate protection is not applied — a PCS resets you to the new location's current-year rate.

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Rate history

How updates work
2025$2,769
2026$2,916

Verified official history. With-dependents rate shown; use the dependency switch above for its exact comparison.

Dover AFB — full sheet Tap a row

What this rate means

E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
Westchester County $6,333
Traverse City $3,003
Aberdeen Proving Grounds $2,991
Orlando $2,991
Bremerton $2,967
Bridgeport $2,964
Charlottesville $2,964
Portland $2,961
Great Lakes Navtracen $2,955
Oxford $2,943
County Cost Group 850 $2,940
Dover AFB $2,916
Patrick SFB $2,916
Fresno $2,910
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
Anniston $1,638

Dover AFB is #106 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 Dover AFB0 – $3,123 / month
E-1 $2,160
E-2 $2,160
E-3 $2,160
E-4 $2,160
E-5 $2,277
E-6 $2,493
E-7 $2,694
E-8 $2,916
E-9 $3,063
W-1 $2,511
W-2 $2,787
W-3 $3,060
W-4 $3,066
W-5 $3,075
O-1E $2,736
O-2E $3,018
O-3E $3,069
O-1 $2,310
O-2 $2,490
O-3 $3,051
O-4 $3,078
O-5 $3,081
O-6 $3,105
O-7 $3,123

The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Moving from Dover AFB to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $3,417 a month — about 23 promotions at this grade. Where you are stationed outweighs rank, by a lot.

What the rate table does not 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.

Source: DoD Defense Travel Management Office, effective 01 JAN 2026. How these rates are sourced and checked.

Source record

Where these numbers come from

Official fields remain unchanged. Years are aligned by DTMO's MHA code; no missing value is interpolated.

2026 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2026-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-05
Last verified
2026-09-07
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2025 official releaseDTMO source archive
Effective
2025-01-01
Retrieved
2026-09-07
Last verified
2026-09-07
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