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 Honolulu County draws $3,720 per month in 2026

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    Honolulu County, HI
    E-8 · without dependents
    $3,720/ month
    $44,640 / year
    At E-8, this is #3 of 17 stations loaded · high San Diego $4,065 · low Fort Riley $1,434
    MHA code pending — loads with the DTMO ZIP file
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,769 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$4,302 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    MHA

    One MHA covers the whole island — Pearl Harbor, Schofield, Kaneohe Bay and Hickam all draw the same rate.

    Honolulu County — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$3,333$2,598
    E-2$3,333$2,598
    E-3$3,333$2,598
    E-4$3,333$2,598
    E-5$3,663$2,856
    E-6$3,912$3,036
    E-7$4,098$3,348
    E-8$4,302$3,720
    E-9$4,518$3,783
    Warrant officer
    W-1$3,930$3,222
    W-2$4,182$3,717
    W-3$4,434$3,795
    W-4$4,551$3,951
    W-5$4,692$4,146
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$4,137$3,660
    O-2E$4,398$3,768
    O-3E$4,572$3,903
    Officer
    O-1$3,702$2,997
    O-2$3,909$3,555
    O-3$4,428$3,819
    O-4$4,737$4,110
    O-5$4,959$4,224
    O-6$5,001$4,413
    O-7$5,040$4,494
    PCS compareHonolulu County · E-8 · $3,720/mo
    Fort Bragg$1,860/mo · $22,320/yr
    ▼ CUT−$1,860−$22,320/yr · like −$28,615 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 without dependents, every station0 – $4,065 / month
    San Diego$4,065
    Camp Pendleton$4,056
    Honolulu County$3,720
    JB Lewis-McChord$2,634
    Norfolk$2,463
    JB Elmendorf-Richardson$2,430
    Fort Carson$2,379
    Fort Stewart$2,340
    San Antonio (JBSA)$1,920
    Fort Bliss$1,881
    Fort Campbell$1,878
    Fort Bragg$1,860
    Fort Benning$1,773
    Fort Drum$1,749
    Fort Hood$1,746
    Camp Lejeune$1,662
    Fort Riley$1,434

    Honolulu County is #3 of 17. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $2,631 a month — $31,572 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Honolulu County0 – $4,494 / month
    E-1$2,598
    E-2$2,598
    E-3$2,598
    E-4$2,598
    E-5$2,856
    E-6$3,036
    E-7$3,348
    E-8$3,720
    E-9$3,783
    W-1$3,222
    W-2$3,717
    W-3$3,795
    W-4$3,951
    W-5$4,146
    O-1E$3,660
    O-2E$3,768
    O-3E$3,903
    O-1$2,997
    O-2$3,555
    O-3$3,819
    O-4$4,110
    O-5$4,224
    O-6$4,413
    O-7$4,494

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $63 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 Honolulu County to San Diego at E-8 is worth $345 a month — about 5 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $63 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 16% 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. $3,720 a month of BAH takes more than $3,720 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.