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 with dependents at Houston draws $2,655 per month in 2026

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    Houston, TX
    E-8 · with dependents
    $2,655/ month
    $31,860 / year
    At E-8, this is #144 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,333 · low Anniston $1,638
    MHA TX282 · ZIPs 77001 77002 77003 77004 77005 77006 +317 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,404 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,265 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Houston — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,974$1,524
    E-2$1,974$1,524
    E-3$1,974$1,524
    E-4$1,974$1,524
    E-5$2,193$1,665
    E-6$2,517$1,887
    E-7$2,583$1,980
    E-8$2,655$2,265
    E-9$2,796$2,352
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,535$1,905
    W-2$2,610$2,262
    W-3$2,703$2,367
    W-4$2,829$2,526
    W-5$2,988$2,598
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,592$2,190
    O-2E$2,688$2,331
    O-3E$2,856$2,508
    Officer
    O-1$2,241$1,749
    O-2$2,514$2,124
    O-3$2,700$2,397
    O-4$3,039$2,580
    O-5$3,288$2,616
    O-6$3,312$2,679
    O-7$3,336$2,724
    PCS compareHouston · E-8 · $2,655/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,991/mo · $35,892/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$336+$4,032/yr · like +$5,169 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
    Westchester County$6,333
    Eugene$2,694
    Barstow$2,673
    County Cost Group 820$2,670
    Norfolk$2,661
    Houston$2,655
    Salt Lake City$2,649
    Panama City$2,643
    Elizabeth City$2,637
    Pittsburgh$2,637
    Anniston$1,638

    Houston is #144 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $4,695 a month — $56,340 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Houston0 – $3,336 / month
    E-1$1,974
    E-2$1,974
    E-3$1,974
    E-4$1,974
    E-5$2,193
    E-6$2,517
    E-7$2,583
    E-8$2,655
    E-9$2,796
    W-1$2,535
    W-2$2,610
    W-3$2,703
    W-4$2,829
    W-5$2,988
    O-1E$2,592
    O-2E$2,688
    O-3E$2,856
    O-1$2,241
    O-2$2,514
    O-3$2,700
    O-4$3,039
    O-5$3,288
    O-6$3,312
    O-7$3,336

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $141 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 Houston to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $3,678 a month — about 26 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $141 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 17% 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. $2,655 a month of BAH takes more than $2,655 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.