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 $5,364Without $4,500

    E-8 at Nantucket draws $5,364 per month with dependents in 2026, $4,500 without

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    Nantucket, MA
    E-8 · with dependents
    $5,364/ month
    $64,368 / year
    At E-8, this is #5 of 338 stations loaded · high Westchester County $6,333 · low Anniston $1,638
    MHA MA119 · ZIPs 02554 02564 02584
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$6,877 / mo gross
    Without dependents here$4,500 / mo
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Nantucket — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$4,218$3,231
    E-2$4,218$3,231
    E-3$4,218$3,231
    E-4$4,218$3,231
    E-5$4,344$3,798
    E-6$5,127$4,101
    E-7$5,241$4,221
    E-8$5,364$4,500
    E-9$5,682$4,737
    Warrant officer
    W-1$5,148$4,188
    W-2$5,292$4,497
    W-3$5,445$4,764
    W-4$5,772$5,151
    W-5$6,165$5,268
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$5,262$4,341
    O-2E$5,421$4,686
    O-3E$5,832$5,121
    Officer
    O-1$4,440$4,089
    O-2$5,115$4,305
    O-3$5,442$4,842
    O-4$6,306$5,244
    O-5$6,933$5,310
    O-6$6,993$5,424
    O-7$7,053$5,523
    PCS compareNantucket · E-8 · $5,364/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,991/mo · $35,892/yr
    ▼ CUT−$2,373−$28,476/yr · like −$36,508 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 with dependents, nearest stations0 – $6,333 / month
    Westchester County$6,333
    San Francisco$5,529
    New York City$5,418
    Maui County$5,382
    Nantucket$5,364
    Santa Clara County$5,145
    Northern New Jersey$5,082
    Boston$5,079
    Long Island$4,992
    Anniston$1,638

    Nantucket is #5 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 Nantucket0 – $7,053 / month
    E-1$4,218
    E-2$4,218
    E-3$4,218
    E-4$4,218
    E-5$4,344
    E-6$5,127
    E-7$5,241
    E-8$5,364
    E-9$5,682
    W-1$5,148
    W-2$5,292
    W-3$5,445
    W-4$5,772
    W-5$6,165
    O-1E$5,262
    O-2E$5,421
    O-3E$5,832
    O-1$4,440
    O-2$5,115
    O-3$5,442
    O-4$6,306
    O-5$6,933
    O-6$6,993
    O-7$7,053

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $318 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 Nantucket to Westchester County at E-8 is worth $969 a month — about 3 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $318 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 19% 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. $5,364 a month of BAH takes more than $5,364 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.