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.

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    Dependents

    E-9 without dependents at Fairbanks draws $2,265 per month in 2026

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    Fairbanks, AK
    E-9 · without dependents
    $2,265/ month
    $27,180 / year
    At E-9, this is #157 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,286 · low Anniston $1,335
    MHA AK405 · ZIPs 99701 99702 99703 99705 99706 99707 +17 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSGM / CSMUSMCMGySgt / SgtMajNAVYMCPOUSAFCMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,904 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$3,018 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fairbanks — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareFairbanks · E-9 · $2,265/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,607/mo · $31,284/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$342+$4,104/yr · like +$5,262 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-9 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,286 / month
    San Francisco$5,286
    Grand Rapids$2,271
    Wilmington$2,271
    Fort Worth$2,268
    Albuquerque$2,265
    Fairbanks$2,265
    Twenty Nine Palms MCB$2,265
    Durham$2,250
    Salt Lake City$2,241
    Memphis$2,232
    Anniston$1,335

    Fairbanks is #157 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,951 a month — $47,412 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fairbanks0 – $2,973 / month
    E-1$1,581
    E-2$1,581
    E-3$1,581
    E-4$1,581
    E-5$1,827
    E-6$1,887
    E-7$1,989
    E-8$2,166
    E-9$2,265
    W-1$1,965
    W-2$2,163
    W-3$2,271
    W-4$2,463
    W-5$2,655
    O-1E$2,091
    O-2E$2,235
    O-3E$2,415
    O-1$1,881
    O-2$2,064
    O-3$2,301
    O-4$2,619
    O-5$2,733
    O-6$2,922
    O-7$2,973

    Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.

    01

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $2,265 a month of BAH takes more than $2,265 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.