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 Houston draws $2,265 per month in 2026

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    Houston, TX
    E-8 · without dependents
    $2,265/ month
    $27,180 / year
    At E-8, this is #141 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,196 · low Youngstown $1,248
    MHA TX282 · ZIPs 77001 77002 77003 77004 77005 77006 +317 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,904 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,655 with 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 · $2,265/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,538/mo · $30,456/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$273+$3,276/yr · like +$4,200 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,196 / month
    San Francisco$5,196
    Buffalo$2,289
    Knoxville$2,283
    Rochester$2,280
    Dahlonega$2,274
    Houston$2,265
    Whidbey Island$2,265
    Spokane$2,262
    Traverse City$2,253
    Eugene$2,250
    Youngstown$1,248

    Houston is #141 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,948 a month — $47,376 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Houston0 – $2,724 / month
    E-1$1,524
    E-2$1,524
    E-3$1,524
    E-4$1,524
    E-5$1,665
    E-6$1,887
    E-7$1,980
    E-8$2,265
    E-9$2,352
    W-1$1,905
    W-2$2,262
    W-3$2,367
    W-4$2,526
    W-5$2,598
    O-1E$2,190
    O-2E$2,331
    O-3E$2,508
    O-1$1,749
    O-2$2,124
    O-3$2,397
    O-4$2,580
    O-5$2,616
    O-6$2,679
    O-7$2,724

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $87 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 San Francisco at E-8 is worth $2,931 a month — about 34 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $87 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. $2,265 a month of BAH takes more than $2,265 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.