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-7 without dependents at Great Lakes Navtracen draws $2,211 per month in 2026

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    Great Lakes Navtracen, IL
    E-7 · without dependents
    $2,211/ month
    $26,532 / year
    At E-7, this is #114 of 338 stations loaded · high New York City $5,088 · low Youngstown $1,131
    MHA IL092 · ZIPs 53101 53102 53104 53109 53140 53141 +44 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,835 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,853 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Great Lakes Navtracen — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,202$1,653
    E-2$2,202$1,653
    E-3$2,202$1,653
    E-4$2,202$1,653
    E-5$2,427$1,854
    E-6$2,760$2,067
    E-7$2,853$2,211
    E-8$2,955$2,499
    E-9$3,120$2,592
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,778$2,133
    W-2$2,895$2,496
    W-3$3,021$2,604
    W-4$3,156$2,778
    W-5$3,327$2,874
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,871$2,424
    O-2E$3,000$2,571
    O-3E$3,183$2,751
    Officer
    O-1$2,475$1,977
    O-2$2,757$2,355
    O-3$3,018$2,637
    O-4$3,381$2,853
    O-5$3,645$2,907
    O-6$3,675$3,000
    O-7$3,702$3,051
    PCS compareGreat Lakes Navtracen · E-7 · $2,211/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,274/mo · $27,288/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$63+$756/yr · like +$969 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-7 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,088 / month
    New York City$5,088
    Dallas$2,229
    Kodiak Island$2,229
    Charleston$2,223
    Astoria$2,211
    Great Lakes Navtracen$2,211
    Ocala$2,211
    Port Angeles$2,205
    Portland$2,199
    Fresno$2,184
    Youngstown$1,131

    Great Lakes Navtracen is #114 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,957 a month — $47,484 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Great Lakes Navtracen0 – $3,051 / month
    E-1$1,653
    E-2$1,653
    E-3$1,653
    E-4$1,653
    E-5$1,854
    E-6$2,067
    E-7$2,211
    E-8$2,499
    E-9$2,592
    W-1$2,133
    W-2$2,496
    W-3$2,604
    W-4$2,778
    W-5$2,874
    O-1E$2,424
    O-2E$2,571
    O-3E$2,751
    O-1$1,977
    O-2$2,355
    O-3$2,637
    O-4$2,853
    O-5$2,907
    O-6$3,000
    O-7$3,051

    Promoting to E-8 here adds $288 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 Great Lakes Navtracen to New York City at E-7 is worth $2,877 a month — about 10 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $288 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 29% 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. $2,211 a month of BAH takes more than $2,211 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.