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 Edwards AFB draws $3,237 per month in 2026

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    Edwards AFB/Palmdale, CA
    E-8 · with dependents
    $3,237/ month
    $38,844 / year
    At E-8, this is #72 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,333 · low Anniston $1,638
    MHA CA457 · ZIPs 93243 93501 93505 93510 93516 93519 +20 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,150 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,763 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Edwards AFB — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,475$1,887
    E-2$2,475$1,887
    E-3$2,475$1,887
    E-4$2,475$1,887
    E-5$2,658$2,148
    E-6$3,156$2,367
    E-7$3,195$2,481
    E-8$3,237$2,763
    E-9$3,354$2,910
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,177$2,424
    W-2$3,213$2,760
    W-3$3,267$2,928
    W-4$3,390$3,162
    W-5$3,546$3,204
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,198$2,655
    O-2E$3,255$2,877
    O-3E$3,414$3,150
    Officer
    O-1$2,724$2,289
    O-2$3,153$2,601
    O-3$3,264$2,976
    O-4$3,597$3,189
    O-5$3,840$3,207
    O-6$3,870$3,240
    O-7$3,900$3,297
    PCS compareEdwards AFB · E-8 · $3,237/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,991/mo · $35,892/yr
    ▼ CUT−$246−$2,952/yr · like −$3,785 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
    Westchester County$6,333
    Hampden County$3,288
    Quantico$3,288
    New London$3,249
    JB Elmendorf-Richardson$3,240
    Edwards AFB$3,237
    Stockton$3,219
    Ketchikan$3,213
    Fort Detrick$3,207
    County Cost Group 870$3,204
    Anniston$1,638

    Edwards AFB is #72 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 Edwards AFB0 – $3,900 / month
    E-1$2,475
    E-2$2,475
    E-3$2,475
    E-4$2,475
    E-5$2,658
    E-6$3,156
    E-7$3,195
    E-8$3,237
    E-9$3,354
    W-1$3,177
    W-2$3,213
    W-3$3,267
    W-4$3,390
    W-5$3,546
    O-1E$3,198
    O-2E$3,255
    O-3E$3,414
    O-1$2,724
    O-2$3,153
    O-3$3,264
    O-4$3,597
    O-5$3,840
    O-6$3,870
    O-7$3,900

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $117 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 Edwards AFB to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $3,096 a month — about 26 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $117 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 17% 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. $3,237 a month of BAH takes more than $3,237 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.