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 Pittsburgh draws $2,352 per month in 2026

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    Pittsburgh, PA
    E-8 · without dependents
    $2,352/ month
    $28,224 / year
    At E-8, this is #125 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,196 · low Youngstown $1,248
    MHA PA250 · ZIPs 15001 15003 15004 15005 15006 15007 +334 more
    Your grade is calledARMYMSG / 1SGUSMCMSgt / 1stSgtNAVYSCPOUSAFSMSgt
    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$3,015 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$2,637 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Pittsburgh — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$2,067$1,551
    E-2$2,067$1,551
    E-3$2,067$1,551
    E-4$2,067$1,551
    E-5$2,283$1,725
    E-6$2,604$1,953
    E-7$2,628$2,076
    E-8$2,637$2,352
    E-9$2,742$2,442
    Warrant officer
    W-1$2,625$2,001
    W-2$2,634$2,349
    W-3$2,646$2,454
    W-4$2,790$2,601
    W-5$3,003$2,610
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$2,631$2,280
    O-2E$2,640$2,421
    O-3E$2,823$2,598
    Officer
    O-1$2,328$1,848
    O-2$2,601$2,214
    O-3$2,643$2,484
    O-4$3,075$2,604
    O-5$3,408$2,613
    O-6$3,435$2,616
    O-7$3,459$2,637
    PCS comparePittsburgh · E-8 · $2,352/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,538/mo · $30,456/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$186+$2,232/yr · like +$2,862 of salary

    What this rate means

    E-8 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,196 / month
    San Francisco$5,196
    County Cost Group 840$2,394
    Ocala$2,382
    Fort Carson$2,379
    Nashville$2,355
    Pittsburgh$2,352
    Fort Stewart$2,340
    Astoria$2,337
    Cincinnati$2,337
    Volusia County$2,334
    Youngstown$1,248

    Pittsburgh is #125 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 Pittsburgh0 – $2,637 / month
    E-1$1,551
    E-2$1,551
    E-3$1,551
    E-4$1,551
    E-5$1,725
    E-6$1,953
    E-7$2,076
    E-8$2,352
    E-9$2,442
    W-1$2,001
    W-2$2,349
    W-3$2,454
    W-4$2,601
    W-5$2,610
    O-1E$2,280
    O-2E$2,421
    O-3E$2,598
    O-1$1,848
    O-2$2,214
    O-3$2,484
    O-4$2,604
    O-5$2,613
    O-6$2,616
    O-7$2,637

    Promoting to E-9 here adds $90 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 Pittsburgh to San Francisco at E-8 is worth $2,844 a month — about 32 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $90 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 12% 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. $2,352 a month of BAH takes more than $2,352 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.