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 without dependents at Fort Gordon draws $1,947 per month in 2026

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    Fort Gordon, AL
    E-8 · without dependents
    $1,947/ month
    $23,364 / year
    At E-8, this is #203 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,196 · low Youngstown $1,248
    MHA GA073 · ZIPs 29105 29137 29164 29801 29802 29803 +38 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,496 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,226 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fort Gordon — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,809$1,506
    E-2$1,809$1,506
    E-3$1,809$1,506
    E-4$1,809$1,506
    E-5$1,890$1,644
    E-6$2,157$1,731
    E-7$2,190$1,809
    E-8$2,226$1,947
    E-9$2,334$2,019
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,175$1,797
    W-2$2,205$1,944
    W-3$2,253$2,031
    W-4$2,367$2,157
    W-5$2,514$2,196
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,193$1,887
    O-2E$2,241$2,004
    O-3E$2,388$2,148
    Officer
    O-1$1,929$1,728
    O-2$2,154$1,866
    O-3$2,250$2,058
    O-4$2,559$2,181
    O-5$2,787$2,199
    O-6$2,808$2,226
    O-7$2,826$2,262
    PCS compareFort Gordon · E-8 · $1,947/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,538/mo · $30,456/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$591+$7,092/yr · like +$9,092 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,196 / month
    San Francisco$5,196
    Greenville$1,959
    Columbus$1,953
    Davis-Monthan AFB$1,953
    Roanoke$1,953
    Fort Gordon$1,947
    Indianapolis$1,947
    Baton Rouge$1,944
    Pensacola$1,941
    Coos Bay$1,938
    Youngstown$1,248

    Fort Gordon is #203 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,948 a month — $47,376 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fort Gordon0 – $2,262 / month
    E-1$1,506
    E-2$1,506
    E-3$1,506
    E-4$1,506
    E-5$1,644
    E-6$1,731
    E-7$1,809
    E-8$1,947
    E-9$2,019
    W-1$1,797
    W-2$1,944
    W-3$2,031
    W-4$2,157
    W-5$2,196
    O-1E$1,887
    O-2E$2,004
    O-3E$2,148
    O-1$1,728
    O-2$1,866
    O-3$2,058
    O-4$2,181
    O-5$2,199
    O-6$2,226
    O-7$2,262

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $72 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 Fort Gordon to San Francisco at E-8 is worth $3,249 a month — about 45 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $72 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 14% 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. $1,947 a month of BAH takes more than $1,947 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.