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-9 without dependents at Louisville draws $2,127 per month in 2026

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    Louisville, KY
    E-9 · without dependents
    $2,127/ month
    $25,524 / year
    At E-9, this is #187 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,286 · low Anniston $1,335
    MHA KY109 · ZIPs 40010 40014 40018 40023 40025 40026 +99 more
    Your grade is calledARMYSGM / CSMUSMCMGySgt / SgtMajNAVYMCPOUSAFCMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,727 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,487 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Louisville — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,809$1,377
    E-2$1,809$1,377
    E-3$1,809$1,377
    E-4$1,809$1,377
    E-5$1,989$1,533
    E-6$2,274$1,704
    E-7$2,316$1,815
    E-8$2,364$2,052
    E-9$2,487$2,127
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,292$1,758
    W-2$2,334$2,049
    W-3$2,397$2,139
    W-4$2,523$2,277
    W-5$2,679$2,325
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,322$1,986
    O-2E$2,385$2,109
    O-3E$2,547$2,265
    Officer
    O-1$2,031$1,626
    O-2$2,271$1,932
    O-3$2,394$2,166
    O-4$2,730$2,310
    O-5$2,973$2,331
    O-6$2,997$2,373
    O-7$3,015$2,412
    PCS compareLouisville · E-9 · $2,127/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,607/mo · $31,284/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$480+$5,760/yr · like +$7,385 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-9 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,286 / month
    San Francisco$5,286
    Yakima$2,151
    New Orleans$2,139
    Provo$2,139
    Nellis AFB$2,133
    Louisville$2,127
    County Cost Group 800$2,121
    College Station$2,115
    Boise$2,100
    Rapid City$2,094
    Anniston$1,335

    Louisville is #187 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,951 a month — $47,412 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Louisville0 – $2,412 / month
    E-1$1,377
    E-2$1,377
    E-3$1,377
    E-4$1,377
    E-5$1,533
    E-6$1,704
    E-7$1,815
    E-8$2,052
    E-9$2,127
    W-1$1,758
    W-2$2,049
    W-3$2,139
    W-4$2,277
    W-5$2,325
    O-1E$1,986
    O-2E$2,109
    O-3E$2,265
    O-1$1,626
    O-2$1,932
    O-3$2,166
    O-4$2,310
    O-5$2,331
    O-6$2,373
    O-7$2,412

    Rates flatten out at the top of each track, which is why the sheet stops at O-7.

    01

    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. $2,127 a month of BAH takes more than $2,127 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.