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

    W-2 without dependents at Grand Rapids draws $2,202 per month in 2026

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    Grand Rapids, MI
    W-2 · without dependents
    $2,202/ month
    $26,424 / year
    At W-2, this is #153 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,193 · low Youngstown $1,224
    MHA MI154 · ZIPs 49301 49302 49306 49315 49316 49317 +58 more
    Your grade is calledARMYCW2USMCCWO2NAVYCWO2
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,823 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,430 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 · W-2 · $2,202/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,535/mo · $30,420/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$333+$3,996/yr · like +$5,123 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-2 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,193 / month
    San Francisco$5,193
    Bridgeport$2,223
    Panama City$2,220
    Traverse City$2,214
    Whidbey Island$2,208
    Grand Rapids$2,202
    Jacksonville$2,196
    Memphis$2,190
    Fort Worth$2,181
    Salt Lake City$2,178
    Youngstown$1,224

    Grand Rapids is #153 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,969 a month — $47,628 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 W-3 here adds $81 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 San Francisco at W-2 is worth $2,991 a month — about 37 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $81 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. $2,202 a month of BAH takes more than $2,202 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.