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
    With $3,240Without $2,430

    E-8 at JB Elmendorf-Richardson draws $3,240 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,430 without

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    Anchorage, AK
    E-8 · with dependents
    $3,240/ month
    $38,880 / year
    At E-8, this is #71 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,333 · low Anniston $1,638
    MHA AK404 · ZIPs 99501 99502 99503 99504 99505 99506 +167 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$4,154 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,430 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    MHA

    Alaska is BAH, not OHA — a common mix-up when people see 'overseas-feeling' duty stations.

    JB Elmendorf-Richardson — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,277$1,707
    E-2$2,277$1,707
    E-3$2,277$1,707
    E-4$2,277$1,707
    E-5$2,874$2,157
    E-6$2,892$2,169
    E-7$3,045$2,283
    E-8$3,240$2,430
    E-9$3,486$2,616
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,895$2,172
    W-2$3,123$2,385
    W-3$3,369$2,619
    W-4$3,528$2,901
    W-5$3,723$3,087
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$3,078$2,310
    O-2E$3,333$2,523
    O-3E$3,558$2,853
    Officer
    O-1$2,886$2,166
    O-2$2,889$2,286
    O-3$3,360$2,643
    O-4$3,789$3,051
    O-5$4,095$3,162
    O-6$4,131$3,348
    O-7$4,161$3,405
    PCS compareJB Elmendorf-Richardson · E-8 · $3,240/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,991/mo · $35,892/yr
    ▼ CUT−$249−$2,988/yr · like −$3,831 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
    Westchester County$6,333
    Ann Arbor$3,291
    Hampden County$3,288
    Quantico$3,288
    New London$3,249
    JB Elmendorf-Richardson$3,240
    Edwards AFB$3,237
    Stockton$3,219
    Ketchikan$3,213
    Fort Detrick$3,207
    Anniston$1,638

    JB Elmendorf-Richardson is #71 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 JB Elmendorf-Richardson0 – $4,161 / month
    E-1$2,277
    E-2$2,277
    E-3$2,277
    E-4$2,277
    E-5$2,874
    E-6$2,892
    E-7$3,045
    E-8$3,240
    E-9$3,486
    W-1$2,895
    W-2$3,123
    W-3$3,369
    W-4$3,528
    W-5$3,723
    O-1E$3,078
    O-2E$3,333
    O-3E$3,558
    O-1$2,886
    O-2$2,889
    O-3$3,360
    O-4$3,789
    O-5$4,095
    O-6$4,131
    O-7$4,161

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $246 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 JB Elmendorf-Richardson to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $3,093 a month — about 13 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $246 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. $3,240 a month of BAH takes more than $3,240 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.