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 $3,096Without $2,514

    E-8 at Kodiak Island draws $3,096 per month with dependents in 2026, $2,514 without

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    Kodiak Island, AK
    E-8 · with dependents
    $3,096/ month
    $37,152 / year
    At E-8, this is #83 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,333 · low Anniston $1,638
    MHA AK403 · ZIPs 99546 99547 99548 99549 99550 99553 +29 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,969 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$2,514 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Kodiak Island — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,436$1,827
    E-2$2,436$1,827
    E-3$2,436$1,827
    E-4$2,436$1,827
    E-5$2,865$2,148
    E-6$2,883$2,160
    E-7$2,970$2,229
    E-8$3,096$2,514
    E-9$3,282$2,637
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,886$2,163
    W-2$3,021$2,511
    W-3$3,177$2,655
    W-4$3,321$2,874
    W-5$3,498$2,997
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,991$2,421
    O-2E$3,153$2,610
    O-3E$3,348$2,844
    Officer
    O-1$2,877$2,157
    O-2$2,880$2,349
    O-3$3,174$2,694
    O-4$3,555$2,970
    O-5$3,831$3,039
    O-6$3,861$3,156
    O-7$3,891$3,213
    PCS compareKodiak Island · E-8 · $3,096/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,991/mo · $35,892/yr
    ▼ CUT−$105−$1,260/yr · like −$1,615 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
    Westchester County$6,333
    Beale AFB$3,159
    Cape May$3,159
    Ballston Spa$3,144
    Astoria$3,114
    Kodiak Island$3,096
    Baltimore$3,093
    Fort Myers Beach$3,078
    Tampa$3,075
    Milwaukee$3,072
    Anniston$1,638

    Kodiak Island is #83 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 Kodiak Island0 – $3,891 / month
    E-1$2,436
    E-2$2,436
    E-3$2,436
    E-4$2,436
    E-5$2,865
    E-6$2,883
    E-7$2,970
    E-8$3,096
    E-9$3,282
    W-1$2,886
    W-2$3,021
    W-3$3,177
    W-4$3,321
    W-5$3,498
    O-1E$2,991
    O-2E$3,153
    O-3E$3,348
    O-1$2,877
    O-2$2,880
    O-3$3,174
    O-4$3,555
    O-5$3,831
    O-6$3,861
    O-7$3,891

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $186 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 Kodiak Island to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $3,237 a month — about 17 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $186 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 23% 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. $3,096 a month of BAH takes more than $3,096 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.