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 Humboldt County draws $2,037 per month in 2026

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    Humboldt County, CA
    E-8 · without dependents
    $2,037/ month
    $24,444 / year
    At E-8, this is #186 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,196 · low Youngstown $1,248
    MHA CA042 · ZIPs 95501 95502 95503 95511 95514 95518 +32 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,612 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,715 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Humboldt County — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,764$1,395
    E-2$1,764$1,395
    E-3$1,764$1,395
    E-4$1,764$1,395
    E-5$1,827$1,587
    E-6$2,322$1,743
    E-7$2,511$1,884
    E-8$2,715$2,037
    E-9$2,916$2,187
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,343$1,758
    W-2$2,595$1,947
    W-3$2,844$2,190
    W-4$2,943$2,364
    W-5$3,063$2,556
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,547$1,911
    O-2E$2,808$2,106
    O-3E$2,961$2,316
    Officer
    O-1$1,893$1,698
    O-2$2,316$1,887
    O-3$2,838$2,193
    O-4$3,099$2,520
    O-5$3,288$2,634
    O-6$3,312$2,823
    O-7$3,336$2,871
    PCS compareHumboldt County · E-8 · $2,037/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,538/mo · $30,456/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$501+$6,012/yr · like +$7,708 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,196 / month
    San Francisco$5,196
    Toledo$2,064
    Louisville$2,052
    Battle Creek$2,046
    Helena$2,037
    Humboldt County$2,037
    Rapid City$2,037
    County Cost Group 800$2,031
    Kansas City$2,031
    El Centro$2,025
    Youngstown$1,248

    Humboldt County is #186 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 Humboldt County0 – $2,871 / month
    E-1$1,395
    E-2$1,395
    E-3$1,395
    E-4$1,395
    E-5$1,587
    E-6$1,743
    E-7$1,884
    E-8$2,037
    E-9$2,187
    W-1$1,758
    W-2$1,947
    W-3$2,190
    W-4$2,364
    W-5$2,556
    O-1E$1,911
    O-2E$2,106
    O-3E$2,316
    O-1$1,698
    O-2$1,887
    O-3$2,193
    O-4$2,520
    O-5$2,634
    O-6$2,823
    O-7$2,871

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $150 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 Humboldt County to San Francisco at E-8 is worth $3,159 a month — about 21 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $150 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 33% 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. $2,037 a month of BAH takes more than $2,037 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.