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 $2,364Without $2,124

    E-8 at Duluth draws $2,364 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,124 without

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    Duluth, MN
    E-8 · with dependents
    $2,364/ month
    $28,368 / year
    At E-8, this is #197 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,333 · low Anniston $1,638
    MHA MN158 · ZIPs 54820 54836 54838 54842 54849 54854 +68 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,031 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,124 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Duluth — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,917$1,455
    E-2$1,917$1,455
    E-3$1,917$1,455
    E-4$1,917$1,455
    E-5$2,064$1,653
    E-6$2,334$1,782
    E-7$2,355$1,923
    E-8$2,364$2,124
    E-9$2,433$2,196
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,352$1,878
    W-2$2,361$2,121
    W-3$2,373$2,208
    W-4$2,457$2,328
    W-5$2,583$2,343
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,358$2,061
    O-2E$2,367$2,181
    O-3E$2,478$2,325
    Officer
    O-1$2,106$1,767
    O-2$2,331$2,019
    O-3$2,370$2,232
    O-4$2,619$2,331
    O-5$2,808$2,346
    O-6$2,829$2,349
    O-7$2,847$2,376
    PCS compareDuluth · E-8 · $2,364/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,991/mo · $35,892/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$627+$7,524/yr · like +$9,646 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
    Westchester County$6,333
    Albuquerque$2,379
    Des Moines$2,379
    County Cost Group 790$2,376
    Raleigh$2,373
    Duluth$2,364
    Louisville$2,364
    Fort Knox$2,352
    Kings Bay$2,352
    Boise$2,346
    Anniston$1,638

    Duluth is #197 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 Duluth0 – $2,847 / month
    E-1$1,917
    E-2$1,917
    E-3$1,917
    E-4$1,917
    E-5$2,064
    E-6$2,334
    E-7$2,355
    E-8$2,364
    E-9$2,433
    W-1$2,352
    W-2$2,361
    W-3$2,373
    W-4$2,457
    W-5$2,583
    O-1E$2,358
    O-2E$2,367
    O-3E$2,478
    O-1$2,106
    O-2$2,331
    O-3$2,370
    O-4$2,619
    O-5$2,808
    O-6$2,829
    O-7$2,847

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $69 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 Duluth to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $3,969 a month — about 58 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $69 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 11% 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. $2,364 a month of BAH takes more than $2,364 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.