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 without dependents at Morgantown draws $1,701 per month in 2026

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    Morgantown, WV
    E-8 · without dependents
    $1,701/ month
    $20,412 / year
    At E-8, this is #255 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,196 · low Youngstown $1,248
    MHA WV320 · ZIPs 26501 26502 26504 26505 26506 26507 +28 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$2,181 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,001 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Morgantown — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,440$1,083
    E-2$1,440$1,083
    E-3$1,440$1,083
    E-4$1,440$1,083
    E-5$1,641$1,230
    E-6$1,917$1,437
    E-7$1,956$1,467
    E-8$2,001$1,701
    E-9$2,124$1,776
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,935$1,452
    W-2$1,974$1,698
    W-3$2,034$1,788
    W-4$2,157$1,920
    W-5$2,316$1,965
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,962$1,638
    O-2E$2,022$1,758
    O-3E$2,184$1,908
    Officer
    O-1$1,683$1,263
    O-2$1,914$1,578
    O-3$2,031$1,812
    O-4$2,367$1,950
    O-5$2,613$1,971
    O-6$2,631$2,010
    O-7$2,646$2,043
    PCS compareMorgantown · E-8 · $1,701/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,538/mo · $30,456/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$837+$10,044/yr · like +$12,877 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,196 / month
    San Francisco$5,196
    County Cost Group 750$1,707
    Montgomery$1,704
    Tulsa$1,704
    Wichita Fls$1,704
    Morgantown$1,701
    Wright-Patterson AFB$1,695
    Oklahoma City$1,692
    Topeka$1,680
    Whiteman AFB$1,680
    Youngstown$1,248

    Morgantown is #255 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,948 a month — $47,376 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Morgantown0 – $2,043 / month
    E-1$1,083
    E-2$1,083
    E-3$1,083
    E-4$1,083
    E-5$1,230
    E-6$1,437
    E-7$1,467
    E-8$1,701
    E-9$1,776
    W-1$1,452
    W-2$1,698
    W-3$1,788
    W-4$1,920
    W-5$1,965
    O-1E$1,638
    O-2E$1,758
    O-3E$1,908
    O-1$1,263
    O-2$1,578
    O-3$1,812
    O-4$1,950
    O-5$1,971
    O-6$2,010
    O-7$2,043

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $75 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 Morgantown to San Francisco at E-8 is worth $3,495 a month — about 47 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $75 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 18% 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. $1,701 a month of BAH takes more than $1,701 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.