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
    Dependents
    With $2,409Without $1,806

    E-9 at Fort Hood draws $2,409 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,806 without

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    Fort Hood, TX
    E-9 · with dependents
    $2,409/ month
    $28,908 / year
    At E-9, this is #217 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,882 · low Anniston $1,755
    MHA TX286 · ZIPs 76501 76502 76503 76504 76508 76511 +32 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSGM / CSMUSMCMGySgt / SgtMajNAVYMCPOUSAFCMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,088 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$1,806 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    MHA

    Renamed back from Fort Cavazos for 2026. If your orders say Cavazos, this is the same MHA.

    Fort Hood — full sheetTap a row
    PCS compareFort Hood · E-9 · $2,409/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$3,165/mo · $37,980/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$756+$9,072/yr · like +$11,631 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-9 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,882 / month
    Westchester County$6,882
    County Cost Group 780$2,424
    Jacksonville$2,424
    Mountain Home AFB$2,418
    Ogden$2,418
    Fort Hood$2,409
    Kansas City$2,397
    Rock Island$2,388
    Roanoke$2,379
    Bismarck$2,376
    Anniston$1,755

    Fort Hood is #217 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $5,127 a month — $61,524 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Fort Hood0 – $2,787 / month
    E-1$1,662
    E-2$1,662
    E-3$1,662
    E-4$1,662
    E-5$1,695
    E-6$1,920
    E-7$2,070
    E-8$2,238
    E-9$2,409
    W-1$1,938
    W-2$2,139
    W-3$2,346
    W-4$2,433
    W-5$2,544
    O-1E$2,100
    O-2E$2,313
    O-3E$2,451
    O-1$1,731
    O-2$1,917
    O-3$2,340
    O-4$2,577
    O-5$2,748
    O-6$2,769
    O-7$2,787

    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. $2,409 a month of BAH takes more than $2,409 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.