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
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    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-5 without dependents at Grand Rapids draws $1,635 per month in 2026

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    Grand Rapids, MI
    E-5 · without dependents
    $1,635/ month
    $19,620 / year
    At E-5, this is #179 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $4,980 · low Fort Chaffee $996
    MHA MI154 · ZIPs 49301 49302 49306 49315 49316 49317 +58 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,096 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,148 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Grand Rapids — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,950$1,464
    E-2$1,950$1,464
    E-3$1,950$1,464
    E-4$1,950$1,464
    E-5$2,148$1,635
    E-6$2,403$1,800
    E-7$2,424$1,956
    E-8$2,433$2,205
    E-9$2,517$2,271
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,421$1,893
    W-2$2,430$2,202
    W-3$2,442$2,283
    W-4$2,547$2,397
    W-5$2,688$2,415
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,427$2,145
    O-2E$2,436$2,256
    O-3E$2,571$2,394
    Officer
    O-1$2,184$1,752
    O-2$2,400$2,085
    O-3$2,439$2,307
    O-4$2,730$2,403
    O-5$2,946$2,418
    O-6$2,970$2,421
    O-7$2,988$2,454
    PCS compareGrand Rapids · E-5 · $1,635/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$1,986/mo · $23,832/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$351+$4,212/yr · like +$5,400 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-5 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $4,980 / month
    New York City$4,980
    Duluth$1,653
    Columbia$1,647
    Fort Gordon$1,644
    Pensacola$1,644
    Grand Rapids$1,635
    Salem$1,635
    Chattanooga$1,629
    Tallahassee$1,626
    Carlisle Barracks$1,617
    Fort Chaffee$996

    Grand Rapids is #179 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,984 a month — $47,808 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Grand Rapids0 – $2,454 / month
    E-1$1,464
    E-2$1,464
    E-3$1,464
    E-4$1,464
    E-5$1,635
    E-6$1,800
    E-7$1,956
    E-8$2,205
    E-9$2,271
    W-1$1,893
    W-2$2,202
    W-3$2,283
    W-4$2,397
    W-5$2,415
    O-1E$2,145
    O-2E$2,256
    O-3E$2,394
    O-1$1,752
    O-2$2,085
    O-3$2,307
    O-4$2,403
    O-5$2,418
    O-6$2,421
    O-7$2,454

    Promoting to E-6 here adds $165 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 Grand Rapids to New York City at E-5 is worth $3,345 a month — about 20 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $165 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 31% 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. $1,635 a month of BAH takes more than $1,635 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.