What is E-8 BAH at Fort Huachuca in 2026?

$1,818 per month without dependents ($21,816 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. with dependents it is $2,226 per month.

Does BAH count as taxable income?

No. BAH is excluded from federal taxable income, so a given BAH amount is worth more than the same figure in basic pay.

What happens if my BAH rate drops this year?

BAH rate protection holds you at the prior year's amount as long as your duty location, pay grade and dependency status stay the same. The lower rate applies to members arriving on new orders.

E-8 BAH at Fort Huachuca 2026 — $1,818/mo without dependents

Basic Allowance for Housing by duty station, pay grade and dependency status. Official DoD rates, no login, no email.

Fort Huachuca, AZ

E-8 · without dependents

$1,818/ month

$21,816 / year

At E-8, this is #236 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,196 · low Youngstown $1,248

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,331 / mo gross

Other dependency status here$2,226 with dependents

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Fort Huachuca — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,569	$1,245
E-2	$1,569	$1,245
E-3	$1,569	$1,245
E-4	$1,569	$1,245
E-5	$1,719	$1,347
E-6	$2,193	$1,644
E-7	$2,217	$1,665
E-8	$2,226	$1,818
E-9	$2,250	$1,956
Warrant officer
W-1	$2,214	$1,662
W-2	$2,223	$1,815
W-3	$2,235	$1,974
W-4	$2,265	$2,190
W-5	$2,343	$2,199
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$2,220	$1,716
O-2E	$2,229	$1,926
O-3E	$2,277	$2,187
Officer
O-1	$1,782	$1,413
O-2	$2,190	$1,674
O-3	$2,232	$2,019
O-4	$2,364	$2,193
O-5	$2,481	$2,202
O-6	$2,499	$2,205
O-7	$2,511	$2,220

What this rate means

E-8 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,196 / month

San Francisco$5,196

Fayetteville$1,839

Waco$1,830

Robins AFB$1,824

County Cost Group 770$1,821

Fort Huachuca$1,818

Cheyenne$1,791

Grand Forks$1,791

Wilkes-Barre$1,776

Fort Benning$1,773

Youngstown$1,248

Fort Huachuca is #236 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 Huachuca0 – $2,220 / month

E-1$1,245

E-2$1,245

E-3$1,245

E-4$1,245

E-5$1,347

E-6$1,644

E-7$1,665

E-8$1,818

E-9$1,956

W-1$1,662

W-2$1,815

W-3$1,974

W-4$2,190

W-5$2,199

O-1E$1,716

O-2E$1,926

O-3E$2,187

O-1$1,413

O-2$1,674

O-3$2,019

O-4$2,193

O-5$2,202

O-6$2,205

O-7$2,220

Promoting to E-9 here adds $138 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Fort Huachuca to San Francisco at E-8 is worth $3,378 a month — about 24 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $138 per grade here.

Dependency status is worth 22% 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.

None of it is taxed. $1,818 a month of BAH takes more than $1,818 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

Things the rate table doesn't tell you

“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.

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.

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.

E-8 without dependents at Fort Huachuca draws $1,818 per month in 2026

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you