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 Fort Rucker draws $1,761 per month in 2026

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    Fort Rucker, AL
    E-9 · without dependents
    $1,761/ month
    $21,132 / year
    At E-9, this is #263 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,286 · low Anniston $1,335
    MHA AL002 · ZIPs 36301 36302 36303 36304 36305 36310 +35 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,258 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,346 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
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    PCS compareFort Rucker · E-9 · $1,761/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,607/mo · $31,284/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$846+$10,152/yr · like +$13,015 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-9 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,286 / month
    San Francisco$5,286
    Minot AFB$1,764
    Yuma$1,764
    Camp Lejeune$1,761
    Champaign$1,761
    Fort Rucker$1,761
    Malmstrom SFB$1,761
    Akron$1,752
    Wright-Patterson AFB$1,746
    Oklahoma City$1,743
    Anniston$1,335

    Fort Rucker is #263 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 Fort Rucker0 – $2,283 / month
    E-1$1,167
    E-2$1,167
    E-3$1,167
    E-4$1,167
    E-5$1,251
    E-6$1,317
    E-7$1,446
    E-8$1,611
    E-9$1,761
    W-1$1,407
    W-2$1,608
    W-3$1,764
    W-4$1,800
    W-5$1,977
    O-1E$1,569
    O-2E$1,674
    O-3E$1,797
    O-1$1,305
    O-2$1,533
    O-3$1,767
    O-4$1,941
    O-5$2,058
    O-6$2,247
    O-7$2,283

    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. $1,761 a month of BAH takes more than $1,761 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.