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 with dependents at Morehead draws $2,328 per month in 2026

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    Morehead/Cherry Pt MCAS, NC
    E-8 · with dependents
    $2,328/ month
    $27,936 / year
    At E-8, this is #209 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,333 · low Anniston $1,638
    MHA NC177 · ZIPs 28509 28510 28511 28512 28515 28516 +32 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,985 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,896 without dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Morehead — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,806$1,683
    E-2$1,806$1,683
    E-3$1,806$1,683
    E-4$1,806$1,683
    E-5$1,851$1,722
    E-6$2,046$1,758
    E-7$2,181$1,806
    E-8$2,328$1,896
    E-9$2,502$1,944
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,064$1,803
    W-2$2,241$1,893
    W-3$2,424$1,953
    W-4$2,529$2,070
    W-5$2,658$2,214
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,205$1,848
    O-2E$2,397$1,932
    O-3E$2,550$2,034
    Officer
    O-1$1,884$1,755
    O-2$2,043$1,839
    O-3$2,421$1,971
    O-4$2,697$2,184
    O-5$2,898$2,265
    O-6$2,919$2,403
    O-7$2,940$2,445
    PCS compareMorehead · E-8 · $2,328/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,991/mo · $35,892/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$663+$7,956/yr · like +$10,200 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
    Westchester County$6,333
    Fort Drum$2,331
    Fort Leavenworth$2,331
    Jacksonville$2,331
    Bismarck$2,328
    Morehead$2,328
    Ogden$2,325
    Waco$2,310
    Marquette$2,295
    County Cost Group 780$2,292
    Anniston$1,638

    Morehead is #209 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 Morehead0 – $2,940 / month
    E-1$1,806
    E-2$1,806
    E-3$1,806
    E-4$1,806
    E-5$1,851
    E-6$2,046
    E-7$2,181
    E-8$2,328
    E-9$2,502
    W-1$2,064
    W-2$2,241
    W-3$2,424
    W-4$2,529
    W-5$2,658
    O-1E$2,205
    O-2E$2,397
    O-3E$2,550
    O-1$1,884
    O-2$2,043
    O-3$2,421
    O-4$2,697
    O-5$2,898
    O-6$2,919
    O-7$2,940

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $174 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 Morehead to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $4,005 a month — about 23 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $174 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. $2,328 a month of BAH takes more than $2,328 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.