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 Wayne draws $1,989 per month in 2026

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    Fort Wayne, IN
    E-8 · without dependents
    $1,989/ month
    $23,868 / year
    At E-8, this is #194 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,196 · low Youngstown $1,248
    MHA IN097 · ZIPs 46704 46741 46743 46745 46748 46765 +49 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,550 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,184 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Fort Wayne — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,782$1,338
    E-2$1,782$1,338
    E-3$1,782$1,338
    E-4$1,782$1,338
    E-5$1,947$1,503
    E-6$2,130$1,626
    E-7$2,154$1,785
    E-8$2,184$1,989
    E-9$2,289$2,034
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,145$1,734
    W-2$2,166$1,986
    W-3$2,208$2,043
    W-4$2,319$2,127
    W-5$2,463$2,160
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,157$1,944
    O-2E$2,199$2,022
    O-3E$2,343$2,118
    Officer
    O-1$1,977$1,611
    O-2$2,127$1,896
    O-3$2,205$2,058
    O-4$2,505$2,145
    O-5$2,727$2,163
    O-6$2,745$2,184
    O-7$2,763$2,220
    PCS compareFort Wayne · E-8 · $1,989/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,538/mo · $30,456/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$549+$6,588/yr · like +$8,446 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,196 / month
    San Francisco$5,196
    El Centro$2,025
    Yakima$2,019
    New Orleans$2,004
    Boise$2,001
    Fort Wayne$1,989
    Rock Island$1,980
    Jackson$1,974
    College Station$1,962
    County Cost Group 790$1,959
    Youngstown$1,248

    Fort Wayne is #194 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 Wayne0 – $2,220 / month
    E-1$1,338
    E-2$1,338
    E-3$1,338
    E-4$1,338
    E-5$1,503
    E-6$1,626
    E-7$1,785
    E-8$1,989
    E-9$2,034
    W-1$1,734
    W-2$1,986
    W-3$2,043
    W-4$2,127
    W-5$2,160
    O-1E$1,944
    O-2E$2,022
    O-3E$2,118
    O-1$1,611
    O-2$1,896
    O-3$2,058
    O-4$2,145
    O-5$2,163
    O-6$2,184
    O-7$2,220

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $45 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 Wayne to San Francisco at E-8 is worth $3,207 a month — about 71 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $45 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 10% 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. $1,989 a month of BAH takes more than $1,989 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.