What is E-8 BAH at Moody AFB in 2026?

$1,980 per month with dependents ($23,760 per year), effective 01 JAN 2026. Without dependents it is $1,608 per month.

Does BAH count as taxable income?

No. BAH is excluded from federal taxable income, so a given BAH amount is worth more than the same figure in basic pay.

What happens if my BAH rate drops this year?

BAH rate protection holds you at the prior year's amount as long as your duty location, pay grade and dependency status stay the same. The lower rate applies to members arriving on new orders.

E-8 BAH at Moody AFB 2026 — $1,980 with dependents, $1,608 without

Basic Allowance for Housing by duty station, pay grade and dependency status. Official DoD rates, no login, no email.

Moody AFB, GA

E-8 · with dependents

$1,980/ month

$23,760 / year

At E-8, this is #281 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,333 · low Anniston $1,638

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Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,538 / mo gross

Without dependents here$1,608 / mo

In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial

Moody AFB — full sheetTap a row

Grade	With dep.	Without
Enlisted
E-1	$1,503	$1,320
E-2	$1,503	$1,320
E-3	$1,503	$1,320
E-4	$1,503	$1,320
E-5	$1,524	$1,416
E-6	$1,917	$1,479
E-7	$1,950	$1,512
E-8	$1,980	$1,608
E-9	$2,097	$1,722
Warrant officer
W-1	$1,938	$1,509
W-2	$1,962	$1,605
W-3	$2,007	$1,737
W-4	$2,130	$1,920
W-5	$2,289	$1,956
Officer — prior enlisted
O-1E	$1,953	$1,524
O-2E	$1,995	$1,695
O-3E	$2,157	$1,911
Officer
O-1	$1,578	$1,476
O-2	$1,914	$1,521
O-3	$2,004	$1,773
O-4	$2,340	$1,941
O-5	$2,589	$1,959
O-6	$2,607	$1,980
O-7	$2,622	$2,013

What this rate means

E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month

Westchester County$6,333

Peoria$1,995

Lafayette$1,992

Paducah$1,992

County Cost Group 720$1,989

Moody AFB$1,980

County Cost Group 710$1,968

Little Rock$1,968

Akron$1,962

Springfield$1,962

Anniston$1,638

Moody AFB is #281 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 Moody AFB0 – $2,622 / month

E-1$1,503

E-2$1,503

E-3$1,503

E-4$1,503

E-5$1,524

E-6$1,917

E-7$1,950

E-8$1,980

E-9$2,097

W-1$1,938

W-2$1,962

W-3$2,007

W-4$2,130

W-5$2,289

O-1E$1,953

O-2E$1,995

O-3E$2,157

O-1$1,578

O-2$1,914

O-3$2,004

O-4$2,340

O-5$2,589

O-6$2,607

O-7$2,622

Promoting to E-9 here adds $117 a month. The pay chart moves this allowance far less than the map does.

Where you are stationed outweighs what you are paid. Moving from Moody AFB to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $4,353 a month — about 37 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $117 per grade here.

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.

None of it is taxed. $1,980 a month of BAH takes more than $1,980 of basic pay to match, which is why comparing a civilian salary against military base pay alone understates the gap.

Things the rate table doesn't tell you

“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.

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.

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.

E-8 at Moody AFB draws $1,980 per month with dependents in 2026, $1,608 without

What this rate means

Things the rate table doesn't tell you