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

    W-2 without dependents at Saginaw draws $1,557 per month in 2026

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    Saginaw, MI
    W-2 · without dependents
    $1,557/ month
    $18,684 / year
    At W-2, this is #292 of 338 stations loaded · high San Francisco $5,193 · low Youngstown $1,224
    MHA MI156 · ZIPs 48415 48417 48601 48602 48603 48604 +29 more
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    Untaxed — matching it with taxable pay takes$1,996 / mo gross
    Other dependency status here$1,797 with dependents
    In government quarters, no dependents$50.10 / mo partial
    Saginaw — full sheetTap a row
    GradeWith dep.Without
    Enlisted
    E-1$1,329$1,080
    E-2$1,329$1,080
    E-3$1,329$1,080
    E-4$1,329$1,080
    E-5$1,503$1,128
    E-6$1,749$1,311
    E-7$1,782$1,338
    E-8$1,818$1,560
    E-9$1,869$1,623
    Warrant officer
    W-1$1,767$1,326
    W-2$1,797$1,557
    W-3$1,845$1,635
    W-4$1,878$1,749
    W-5$1,929$1,788
    Officer — prior enlisted
    O-1E$1,785$1,500
    O-2E$1,833$1,608
    O-3E$1,887$1,740
    Officer
    O-1$1,542$1,158
    O-2$1,746$1,449
    O-3$1,842$1,656
    O-4$1,938$1,773
    O-5$2,007$1,791
    O-6$2,022$1,821
    O-7$2,031$1,848
    PCS compareSaginaw · W-2 · $1,557/mo
    Aberdeen Proving Grounds$2,535/mo · $30,420/yr
    ▲ RAISE+$978+$11,736/yr · like +$15,046 of salary

    What this rate means

    W-2 without dependents, nearest stations0 – $5,193 / month
    San Francisco$5,193
    Brownsville$1,575
    Columbus AFB$1,572
    Terre Haute$1,563
    County Cost Group 700$1,560
    Saginaw$1,557
    County Cost Group 690$1,545
    Lubbock$1,545
    County Cost Group 680$1,533
    Fort Leonard Wood$1,530
    Youngstown$1,224

    Saginaw is #292 of 338. The spread between the dearest and cheapest station at this grade is $3,969 a month — $47,628 a year, untaxed.

    Every pay grade at Saginaw0 – $1,848 / month
    E-1$1,080
    E-2$1,080
    E-3$1,080
    E-4$1,080
    E-5$1,128
    E-6$1,311
    E-7$1,338
    E-8$1,560
    E-9$1,623
    W-1$1,326
    W-2$1,557
    W-3$1,635
    W-4$1,749
    W-5$1,788
    O-1E$1,500
    O-2E$1,608
    O-3E$1,740
    O-1$1,158
    O-2$1,449
    O-3$1,656
    O-4$1,773
    O-5$1,791
    O-6$1,821
    O-7$1,848

    Promoting to W-3 here adds $78 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 Saginaw to San Francisco at W-2 is worth $3,636 a month — about 47 promotions worth of housing allowance, at $78 per grade here.

    02

    Dependency status is worth 15% 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. $1,557 a month of BAH takes more than $1,557 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.